Proper noun
A surname from German.
A male given name from Latin, rare in English.
A diminutive of the female given name Frances
Source: en.wiktionary.orgFranz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years. Hermann Maier
"Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said. "Because love means renouncing strength," said Franz softly. Milan Kundera
"Wakefield" prefigures Franz Kafka, but the latter modifies, and sharpens, the reading of "Wakefield." The debt is mutual; a great writer creates his or her precursors. He or she creates them and in some fashion justifies them. Jorge Luis Borges
Thiago Silva is without doubt the best central defender in the world. He has incredible qualities. He is a symbol of elegance like Franz Beckenbauer was. Silva follows in his footsteps. Thiago Silva
What Franz Kafka was to the first half of the 20th century, Philip K. Dick is to the second half. Art Spiegelman
Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village. David Amram