In a message dated 10/18/2002 7:02:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > My apology for misspelling the female version of Frances.> The female form is not ALWAYS Frances. I have a woman friend who spells her name Francis. She said the name (either spelling) is not common where she comes from (Arkansas) and that is just the way her parents spelled it. So you never know! Janet C-S