Francine

American  

[fran-seen] / frænˈsin /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Frances.

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Example Sentences

Writing in the New Yorker, Francine du Plessix Gray would later cite A Friend Indeed as one of a handful of early grassroots efforts by women—“civil, less radical offshoots of the ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ movement of the 1970s”—that combated “doctors’ autocratic insistence on hormonal treatments” and “reluctance to discuss” more-nuanced care.

From The Wall Street Journal

My mom, Francine, had been a hairdresser.

From The Wall Street Journal

“This traces back to gender norms in society in general that put a disproportionate share of household responsibilities and child care on women,” said Francine Blau, an economics professor at Cornell University.

From The Wall Street Journal

Under coach Arman Mercado, defending City Section Open Division champion Taft won 40 or more matches in each of the three previous seasons, but the core of that group graduated last spring, including Co-Players of the Year Aleiah Carr and Francine Baltazar-Shine, libero Gianella Tijamo and All-City outside hitter Eva Velarde.

From Los Angeles Times

In New York City, a young Francine Klagsbrun, who would later become an academic and historian of Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, watched her parents praying for a Jewish homeland.

From BBC