1º_ Clear, evident, sincere, free, without burden or encumbrance. 2º_ Belonging to Franconia, its people, its language and its conquered territories, such as present-day France. See franco- . 3º_ Name of several currencies, although today many were replaced by the euro. 4º_ Male name . It can also be surname. The origin is the Germanic frank, which has many interpretations, from the original "free", to the "honest, who says what he thinks (because he is a free man) ", and to the vagabond of Franco-German race that traveled the north of Spain, who in the war used a long spear which they called "frank"; which added to the possible meanings of the name that of "lancer of freedom".