What's in a name?

I just looked up the etymology of the name Frank. I thought that it was just derived from other names like Frances or Franklin, but it's actually a stand alone name too! New nickname/native name: little spear.

From a Germanic name which referred to a member of the Germanic tribe, the Franks. The Franks settled in the regions now called France and the Netherlands in the 3rd and 4th century. They derived their tribal name from the name of a type of spear that they used.