Frankie

See also: frankie

English

Alternative forms
  • Franky

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɹæŋ.ki/

Proper noun

Frankie (plural Frankies)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Frank, Francisco, Francis or Franklin.
    • 1991, Carl Hiaasen, Native Tongue, Knopf, →ISBN, page 62:
      Before arriving in Miami, he was known by his real name of Frankie King. Not Frank but Frankie; his mother had named him after the singer Frankie Laine.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Frances or Francesca.
  3. (humorous) A diminutive of the surname Frankenstein, used as a given name for a similar monster or mad scientist.

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