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Francisco
Pronunciation	Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko] (Spain) or; [fɾanˈsisko] (Latin America); Brazilian Portuguese: [fɾɐ̃ˈsisku]; Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku]
Gender	Male
Other gender
Feminine	Francisca
Origin
Meaning	"Free Man", Latin
Other names
Nickname(s)	Chico, Paco, Pancho, Paquito, Patxi, Frank, Frankie
Related names	Franciscus, Francis, Francesco, François, Françoise, Franciszek, Francesc, Ferenc, Frank, Franco, Franz, Frans, Franklin

Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Franciscus.

Meaning of the name Francisco

In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Communitatis (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of Pater Communitatis.^{[citation needed]}

In areas of Spain where Basque is spoken, "Patxi" is the most common nickname; in the Catalan areas, "Cesc" (short for Francesc) is often used. In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called "Pancho". "Kiko"and "Cisco" is also used as a nickname, and "Chicho" is another possibility.

In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed "Chico"^[2] (shíco).

People with the given name

Pope Francis is rendered in the Spanish and Portuguese languages as Papa Francisco
Francisco Acebal (1866–1933), Spanish writer and author
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho Cena (1944–1988), known as Chico Mendes, Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist
Francisco Anysio de Oliveira Paula Filho (1966–1997), known as Chico Anysio, Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer
Francisco de Assis França, known as Chico Science, Brazilian singer and composer and one of the founders of the Mangue Beat cultural movement
Francisco (slave) (died 1876), black slave who killed his masters and the last person executed by Brazil
Francisco Ayala (disambiguation), several people
Francisco J. Ayala (1934–2023), Spanish-American biologist and philosopher
Francisco de Borja Echeverría (1848–1904), Chilean diplomat and politician
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, popularly known as Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet
Francisco Caamaño Domínguez (born 1963), Spanish politician
Francisco Cabrera (cyclist), Chilean track and road cyclist
Francisco Camino Sánchez (1940–2024), Spanish bullfighter
Francisco X. Camplís (born 1934), American Chicano visual artist and filmmaker
Francisco Carreón, Filipino revolutionary who was the former vice president of the short-lived Tagalog Republic that existed from 1902–1906
Francisco Cerúndolo (born 1998), Argentine tennis player
Francisco Checa (born 1940), Panamanian basketball player
Francisco Comesaña (born 2000), Argentine tennis player
Francisco Dagohoy, Filipino who started a rebellion against Spain that endured for 85 years
Francisco Denis, Venezuelan actor and director
Francisco Doratioto (born 1956), Brazilian historian
Francisco Javier Duarte, Laser physicist
Francisco "Paco" Estrada III, American musician
Francisco Fernandes (1940–1980), Indian actor and singer
Francisco Flores (disambiguation), several people
Francisco Fonseca, Mexican football (soccer) player
Francisco Franco, Spanish politician (1939–1975)
Francisco García, Dominican basketball player
Francisco Manuel de las Heras y Borrero (1951–2013), Spanish historian
Francisco Horta (born 1993), Mexican boxer
Francisco Hudson (1826–1859), Chilean navy officer and hydrographer
Francisco Infante-Arana (born 1943), Russian painter
Francisco de Jesus, Brazilian boxer
Francisco Jiménez (born 1943), Mexican-American author
Francisco Leal (1968-) Spanish sprint canoer
Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian model
Francisco Liaño, Spanish footballer
Francisco Lindor, MLB shortstop
Francisco Liriano, MLB starting pitcher
Francisco Marto, Fatima visionary
Francisco Morales, Argentine judoka
Francisco Macías Nguema, later Africanized his name to Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong, former dictator of Equatorial Guinea
Francisco Olivencia (1934–2019), Spanish lawyer and politician
Francisco de Orellana (1511–1546), Spanish explorer and conquistador
Francisco de Paula Cândido (1910–2002), known as Chico Xavier, medium in Brazil's spiritism movement
Francisco Pi y Margall (1824-1901), Spanish politician, 2nd President of the First Spanish Republic in 1873.
Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador
Francisco Quevedo, Spanish poet
Francisco Rivera Pérez (1948–1984), Spanish bullfighter
Francisco Rodríguez (baseball, born 1982), (K-Rod) MLB closing pitcher
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados (1922–2020), Spanish hellenist
Francisco Romero López (born 1933), Spanish bullfighter
Francisco Rotllán, Mexican football (soccer) player
Francisco Rubio Llorente (1930–2016), Spanish jurist
Francisco Santos (disambiguation), several people
Francisco Sardinha, Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Goa and member of the Indian National Congress
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador
Francisco Velázquez, former Argentine roller hockey player
Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian fashion model
Francisco Victoria, Mexican independence fighter
Francisco Vidal (disambiguation), several people
Francisco Vidal (Chilean politician), Chilean politician
Francisco González Gómez (1918–1990), Spanish caricaturist, painter and sculptor who used the pseudonym of Francisco
Weerahannadige Francisco Fernando (1812–1848), Sri Lankan Sinhala independence revolutionary

As a surname

Refer to Francisco (surname)

Aaron Francisco, American football player
Antônio Francisco (1923–1997), better known as Nininho, Brazilian football player
Botong Francisco (1912–1969), Filipino painter
Frank Francisco, Dominican professional baseball pitcher
João Francisco, Brazilian football player
Jason Francisco, Filipino actor and comedian
Manuel Francisco, South African professional snooker player
Noel Francisco, American attorney, Solicitor General of the United States (2017–2020)
Osmar Francisco, Brazilian footballer
Pablo Francisco, American stand-up comedian
Peter Francisco (1760–1831), American Revolutionary War soldier
Peter Francisco (snooker player), South African professional snooker player
San Francisco, Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, Italian mystic
Sergio Francisco (born 1979), Spanish footballer
Silvino Francisco (1946–2024), South African professional snooker player

Fictional characters

Francisco d'Anconia, a character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged
Francisco Ramon, a superhero in the DC Comics (sometimes called Paco Ramon)
Francisco Scaramanga, the main antagonist of Ian Fleming's last novel, The Man with the Golden Gun (1964) and the subsequent film adaption from 1974
Judge Francisco, supporting character in the Judge Dredd comic strip

References

^ Navarro, Yvonne (2007). First Name Reverse Dictionary: Given Names Listed by Meaning, 2d ed. McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers. p. 112. ISBN 9780786429349.
^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0195081374.

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