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Francisco - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Francisco
 
 

 



The boy name Francisco [ 3 syll. fran-cis-co, fr-anci-sco ] is pronounced FRaeNSIHSKow KEY. Francisco has its origins in the Italian language, and it is used largely in Portuguese and Spanish. The pet forms Paco (Spanish) and Pancho (Spanish) are variants of the name. Francisco is a variant of Francis (English).

Francisco is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity grew from the 1910s up to the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1995, 0.144% of baby boys were named Francisco. Its ranking then was #125. The baby name has since experienced a decline in popularity. In 2007, it ranked at #152 with a usage of 0.123%, but it was nevertheless the most popular out of all boy names in its group. Francisco was used 7 times more than the subsequent ranked name, Francis (English), in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Francisco include Francesco (Italian), Franciscus (German and Latinized), Franciszek (Polish), Franziskus (German and Latinized), Ferenc (Hungarian), Fiorenzo (Italian), Francis (English), Franco (Italian), François (French), Frankie (English), Franko (German), Frank (English and German), and Franz (German).

KEY: English pronunciation for Francisco: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


Details of famous persons named Francisco:
Artist Goya, born Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, 30 March 1746 - 16 April 1828, Fuendetodos, Zaragoza, Spain.
Explorer Francisco Pizarro, born 26 June 1541, Trujillo, Spain.

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