Ferenc
Appearance
Gender | masculine |
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Language(s) | Hungarian |
Name day | October 4, December 3 |
Other gender | |
Feminine | Franciska |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Latin |
Meaning | Free man |
Region of origin | Medieval Italy |
Other names | |
Nickname(s) | Feri, Ferkó |
Cognate(s) | Francis |
Anglicisation(s) | Francis |
Ferenc (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]) is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include:
- Ferenc Batthyány, Hungarian magnate and general
- Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist
- Ferenc Csik, Hungarian swimmer
- Ferenc Deák (politician), Hungarian statesman, Minister of Justice
- Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer and conductor
- Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1713–1770), Hungarian nobleman
- Ferenc Farkas (Jesuit priest), Hungarian Jesuit priest
- Ferenc Farkas (Zala county auditor), Hungarian nobleman
- Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000), Hungarian composer
- Ferenc Fekete (1914–1981), Hungarian cinematographer
- Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor
- Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian Prime Minister
- Ferenc Karinthy, Hungarian writer and translator
- Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, politician
- Ferenc Koncz, Hungarian politician
- Ferenc Liszt (1811–1886), Hungarian composer and conductor known as Franz Liszt
- Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian legal scholar, politician, professor
- Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian author
- Ferenc Móra, Hungarian novelist, journalist, and museologist
- Ferenc Paragi, Hungarian track and field athlete
- Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer
- Ferenc Rados (born 1934), Hungarian pianist
- Ferenc Szekeres, Hungarian long-distance runner
- Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian politician, the leader of the Arrow Cross Party
- Ferenc Weisz (1885–1943), Hungarian footballer
- Paul Ferenc, fictional character in Far Cry 2
- Alžbeta Ferencová (born 1991), Slovak musician, actress and model
Ferencz
[edit]Ferencz is an old spelling of "Ferenc":
- Ferenc Gyulay (1799–1868), Austrian-Hungarian nobleman
- Ferencz Jámbor (born 1973)
- Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya (1767–1826), Hungarian nobleman
- Steven (István) Ferencz Udvar-Házy
- Benjamin Berell Ferencz, Transsylvania-born Jewish American lawyer
- István Ferencz (born 1944), Hungarian architect
- Károly Ferencz (1913–1984), Hungarian Olympic sport wrestler
- László Ferencz (born 1961), Hungarian chemical engineer
- Réka Ferencz (born 1989), birthname of Romanian biathlete Réka Forika