Franklyn

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A rural locality in Goyder council area, Mid North region, South Australia. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English Frankeleyn, Frankelein, from Middle English frankeleyn, frankelein, frankelyng (“a landowner, freeman, gentleman”), from Anglo-Norman fraunclein, of obscure formation; probably from Medieval Latin francus (“free”) + Old French -lenc (“-ling”). By surface analysis, frank + -ling.

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