Franjo

Franjo is a Croatian masculine given name. It is a cognate of Francis and Frank. See there for further etymological discussion.

There are different variations of the name Franjo, including Fran, Franek, Franko, and Frano. ^[1]

In Croatia, the name Franjo was among the top ten most common masculine given names in the decades up to 1949. ^[2]

Notable people with the name include:

• Franjo Arapović (born 1965), former Croatian basketball center
• Franjo Babić (1908–1945), Croatian writer and journalist
• Franjo Benzinger (1899–1991), Croatian pharmacist
• Franjo Bučar (1866–1946), Croatian writer and sports popularizer of Slovenian origin
• Franjo Dijak (born 1977), Croatian actor
• Franjo Džal (1906–1945), colonel in the Independent State of Croatia's air force
• Franjo Džidić (1939–2025), Bosnian football player and manager
• Franjo Frankopan (died 1543), Croatian nobleman and Latinist
• Franjo Fröhlich, Yugoslav Olympic fencer
• Franjo Glaser (1913–2003), Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager
• Franjo Gregurić (born 1939), Croatian politician, prime minister of Croatia July 1991 to September 1992
• Franjo Hanaman (1878–1941), Croatian inventor, engineer, and chemist
• Franjo Iveković (1834–1914), Croatian linguist and religious writer, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb
• Franjo Jelačić (1746–1810), Croatian nobleman, a member of the House of Jelačić
• Franjo Klein (1828–1889), architect in the period of an early and mature historicism in Croatia
• Franjo Kluz (1913–1944), Yugoslav pilot of Bosnian origin, best known as one of the founders of the Partisan air force
• Franjo Komarica (born 1946), Bosnian Croat Roman Catholic prelate, the Bishop of Banja Luka since 1985
• Franjo Krežma (1862–1881), Croatian violinist and composer
• Franjo Kuhač (1834–1911), piano teacher, choral conductor, and comparative musicologist who studied Croatian folk music
• Franjo Kuharić (1919–2002), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Franjo Kukuljević (1909–2002), Croatian tennis player
• Franjo Maixner (1841–1903), Croatian university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb
• Franjo Majetić (1923–1991), Croatian actor noted for his comedic roles
• Franjo Malgaj (1894–1919), Slovenian soldier, military leader and poet
• Franjo Marković (1845–1914), Croatian philosopher and writer
• Franjo Mihalić (1920–2015), long-distance runner and Olympic medallist
• Franjo Mraz (1910–1981), Croatian artist
• Franjo Punčec (1913–1985), Croatian tennis player
• Franjo Rački (1828–1894), Croatian historian, politician and writer
• Franjo Rupnik (1921–2000), Croatian football player
• Franjo Šeper (1905–1981), Croatian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Franjo Šimić (1900–1944), Croatian colonel, and later general, in the Croatian Home Guard
• Franjo Šoštarić (1919–1975), Croatian football (soccer) player who competed internationally for Yugoslavia
• Franjo Tepurić (born 1990), Croatian football striker
• Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999), Croatian historian, writer and politician
• Franjo Vlašić (1766–1840), Croatian general and ban
• Franjo Vladić (1950-2024), Bosnian Croat footballer who played for Yugoslavia national football team
• Franjo Wölfl (1918–1987), Croatian footballer
• Ivan Franjo Jukić (1818–1857), writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the founders of Bosnian modernism
• Vanja Udovičić (born 1982), born as Franjo Udovičić, Serbian water polo player and Minister of Youth and Sports

See also

• All pages with titles containing Franjo
• Frano (given name)
• Frane
• Fran (given name)

References

1. Administrator (2023-05-17). "Značenje i porijeklo imena Franjo". Arz.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
2. "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.