Male first name (German): Francis, the little Frenchman, Italian (became independent short form); francesco = the little Frenchman, emerged as a nickname 'Francesco' ('little Frenchman', 'Französlein') by Giovanni Bernardone, known as Saint. Francis of Assisi, the German form of 'Francis' is a Romanization of the Italian nickname, the common first name 'Francis' turn a short form of it
