Francisco


Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Franciscus.
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco": San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Comunitatis when he founded their Franciscan order, "Paco" is a short form of "Pater Comunitatis". Also, in Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are called "Pancho". "Kiko" is also used as a nickname in the Philippines. "Chicho" is another possible nickname.
In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed "Chico". This is also a less-common nickname for Francisco in Spanish too.

People with the given name