Francisco

Francisco is a common Spanish and Portuguese name. It is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Franciscus (corresponding to English Francis).

In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco": San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Comunitatis (The Community father) when he founded their Franciscan order, "Paco" is a short form of "Pater Comunitatis". In areas of Spain where Catalan is spoken, "Paco" is pronounced "Pa-co". The name is also common in Portuguese speaking countries, where it is pronounced "Fran-cis-co".

Notable people named Francisco

• Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator
• Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter
• Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador
• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador
• Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary
• Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer
• Francisco Gento, Spanish footballer
• Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian model
• Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player
• Francisco Liriano, Dominican baseball player
• Francisco Cervelli, Italian-Venezuelan baseball player
• Francisco Rodríguez (boxer), Venezuelan boxer
• Francisco Trinaldo, Brazilian mixed martial artist

See also

• Francis (given name)
• Francesco
• Franz (name)
• François
• Franco (name)
• Frank (given name)
• List of people named Francisco

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