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Since it's an Italian name, my default pronunciation of Francesca is with the CH, because in Italian a C followed by an E would produce that sound.

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On a side note, I did see once the variant Franchesca, which I imagine was used to prevent people from pronouncing the first C like an S; however, the "Ch" in Italian produces a hard-C, so looking at that spelling hurt my eyes.

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