# Franjo

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**Franjo** is a Croatian masculine given name. It is a cognate of [Francis](/source/Francis_(given_name)) and [Frank](/source/Frank_(given_name)). See there for further etymological discussion.

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

In [Croatia](/source/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 von Allmen](/source/Franjo_von_Allmen) (born 2001), Swiss alpine skier
- [Franjo Arapović](/source/Franjo_Arapovi%C4%87) (born 1965), former Croatian basketball center
- [Franjo Babić](/source/Franjo_Babi%C4%87) (1908–1945), Croatian writer and journalist
- [Franjo Benzinger](/source/Franjo_Benzinger) (1899–1991), Croatian pharmacist
- [Franjo Bučar](/source/Franjo_Bu%C4%8Dar) (1866–1946), Croatian writer and sports popularizer of Slovenian origin
- [Franjo Dijak](/source/Franjo_Dijak) (born 1977), Croatian actor
- [Franjo Džal](/source/Franjo_D%C5%BEal) (1906–1945), colonel in the Independent State of Croatia's air force
- [Franjo Džidić](/source/Franjo_D%C5%BEidi%C4%87) (1939–2025), Bosnian football player and manager
- [Franjo Frankopan](/source/Franjo_Frankopan) (died 1543), Croatian nobleman and Latinist
- [Franjo Fröhlich](/source/Franjo_Fr%C3%B6hlich), Yugoslav Olympic fencer
- [Franjo Glaser](/source/Franjo_Glaser) (1913–2003), Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager
- [Franjo Gregurić](/source/Franjo_Greguri%C4%87) (born 1939), Croatian politician, prime minister of Croatia July 1991 to September 1992
- [Franjo Hanaman](/source/Franjo_Hanaman) (1878–1941), Croatian inventor, engineer, and chemist
- [Franjo Iveković](/source/Franjo_Ivekovi%C4%87) (1834–1914), Croatian linguist and religious writer, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb
- [Franjo Jelačić](/source/Franjo_Jela%C4%8Di%C4%87) (1746–1810), Croatian nobleman, a member of the House of Jelačić
- [Franjo Klein](/source/Franjo_Klein) (1828–1889), architect in the period of an early and mature historicism in Croatia
- [Franjo Kluz](/source/Franjo_Kluz) (1913–1944), Yugoslav pilot of Bosnian origin, best known as one of the founders of the Partisan air force
- [Franjo Komarica](/source/Franjo_Komarica) (born 1946), Bosnian Croat Roman Catholic prelate, the Bishop of Banja Luka since 1985
- [Franjo Krežma](/source/Franjo_Kre%C5%BEma) (1862–1881), Croatian violinist and composer
- [Franjo Kuhač](/source/Franjo_Kuha%C4%8D) (1834–1911), piano teacher, choral conductor, and comparative musicologist who studied Croatian folk music
- [Franjo Kuharić](/source/Franjo_Kuhari%C4%87) (1919–2002), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- [Franjo Kukuljević](/source/Franjo_Kukuljevi%C4%87) (1909–2002), Croatian tennis player
- [Franjo Maixner](/source/Franjo_Maixner) (1841–1903), Croatian university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb
- [Franjo Majetić](/source/Franjo_Majeti%C4%87) (1923–1991), Croatian actor noted for his comedic roles
- [Franjo Malgaj](/source/Franjo_Malgaj) (1894–1919), Slovenian soldier, military leader and poet
- [Franjo Marković](/source/Franjo_Markovi%C4%87) (1845–1914), Croatian philosopher and writer
- [Franjo Mihalić](/source/Franjo_Mihali%C4%87) (1920–2015), long-distance runner and Olympic medallist
- [Franjo Mraz](/source/Franjo_Mraz) (1910–1981), Croatian artist
- [Franjo Punčec](/source/Franjo_Pun%C4%8Dec) (1913–1985), Croatian tennis player
- [Franjo Rački](/source/Franjo_Ra%C4%8Dki) (1828–1894), Croatian historian, politician and writer
- [Franjo Rupnik](/source/Franjo_Rupnik) (1921–2000), Croatian football player
- [Franjo Šeper](/source/Franjo_%C5%A0eper) (1905–1981), Croatian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- [Franjo Šimić](/source/Franjo_%C5%A0imi%C4%87) (1900–1944), Croatian colonel, and later general, in the Croatian Home Guard
- [Franjo Šoštarić](/source/Franjo_%C5%A0o%C5%A1tari%C4%87) (1919–1975), Croatian football (soccer) player who competed internationally for Yugoslavia
- [Franjo Tepurić](/source/Franjo_Tepuri%C4%87) (born 1990), Croatian football striker
- [Franjo Tuđman](/source/Franjo_Tu%C4%91man) (1922–1999), Croatian historian, writer and politician the first [president of Croatia](/source/President_of_Croatia)
- [Franjo Vlašić](/source/Franjo_Vla%C5%A1i%C4%87) (1766–1840), Croatian general and ban
- [Franjo Vladić](/source/Franjo_Vladi%C4%87) (1950–2024), Bosnian Croat footballer who played for Yugoslavia national football team
- [Franjo Wölfl](/source/Franjo_W%C3%B6lfl) (1918–1987), Croatian footballer
- [Ivan Franjo Jukić](/source/Ivan_Franjo_Juki%C4%87) (1818–1857), writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the founders of Bosnian modernism
- [Vanja Udovičić](/source/Vanja_Udovi%C4%8Di%C4%87) (born 1982), born as Franjo Udovičić, Serbian water polo player and Minister of Youth and Sports

## See also

- [Frano (given name)](/source/Frano_(given_name))
- [Frane](/source/Frane)
- [Fran (given name)](/source/Fran_(given_name))

## References

1. Administrator (2023-05-17). ["Značenje i porijeklo imena Franjo"](https://www.arz.hr/znacenje-i-porijeklo-imena-franjo/) (in Croatian). *Arz.hr*. Retrieved 2023-09-02.

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