Meaning & History
Latinate variant of Francille, or a diminutive of names such as Francia or France 1 using the Latin feminine diminutive suffix -illa. In the case of the German opera singer Francilla Pixis (1816-1888), her birth name was Franziska. A more recent bearer is Francilla Agar (1975-), a retired swimmer from Dominica in the Lesser Antilles.