Male first name (Italian): Franco; the tribe of the Franks, Old High (Word format); French = Franke, frank = free (German dialect), the tribal name is derived possibly from 'frank', an old Germanic word for 'free' , as in 'free and frank'; maybe but the Franks were named for their characteristic weapon, the 'Francisca' (Latin 'securis francisca', a kind Wurfbeil)