Francay is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 7 characters long in length.
Form of French. From the country. Le Frensch Hundred Rolls. The Frenches of French grove, couty of Mayo, are said to have sprung from Robert Fitz-Stephen de France, who accompanied Strongbow into Ireland temp. Henry II., and he is said to have been a descendant of one Theophilus de France, a follower of William I. at the Conquest. B.L.G.
Surname is the variant of French. One who came from France, a Frenchman. An early form of a capital F was ff.
Variation of France. Descendant of Franz, i.e., the free; descendant of Franz, a pet form of Franciscus meaning "free".
Variation of Francis. Descendant of Francis or Francois meaning "the free".
Francay is the variant form of Ffrench. The ancestors of Lord Ffrench are said to have been seated at Castle Ffrench, county of Galway, for many centuries. Courthope's Debrett, The name was anciently written De Fringes, Deffreygne, Frynshe, etc.
The surname is a variation of Francis. Not from the personal name, which is of too recent introduction; but as in the Hundred Rolls, Le Franceys, Le Franseys, Le Fraunceys, "the Frenchman."