Francisco

This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Francisco (disambiguation). Francisco Gender generally male Origin Meaning free man, javelin, truthful Other names Related names Francis, François, Frank, Franklin, Franco, Franz Look up Francisco or francisco in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Francisco is a Spanish and Portuguese male name. It is a form of the name "Francis". In Spain, people with the name Francisco sometimes are nicknamed "Paco": San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Comunitatis (The Community father) when he founded the 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. In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed "Chico"(shíco). People with the given name edit: 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 Ayala (novelist) (1906-2009), Spanish novelist, Francisco J. Ayala (born 1934), 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 Cabrera (cyclist), Chilean track and road cyclist, Francisco Carreón, Filipino revolutionary who was the former vice president of the brief Tagalog Republic that existed from 1902-1906, Francisco Dagohoy, Filipino who started a rebellion against Spain that endured for 85 years, Francisco Javier Duarte, Laser physicist, Francisco Fonseca, Mexican football (soccer) player, Francisco Hudson (1826-1859), Chilean navy officer and hydrographer, Francisco Infante-Arana (b 1943), Russian painter, Francisco de Jesus, Brazilian boxer, Francisco Liaño, Spanish footballer, 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 de Paula Cândido (1910-2002), known as Chico Xavier, a popular medium in Brazil's spiritism movement., Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador, Francisco Rodríguez (baseball, born 1982), (K-Rod) MLB closing pitcher, Francisco Rotllán, Mexican football (soccer) player, Francisco Santos, Angolan/Portuguese multi-talent artist and Olympic swimmer, Francisco Sardinha, Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Goa and current member of the Indian National Congress., Fiction and Novels edit: Francisco d'Anconia, character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged, Francisco Vidal (disambiguation) Juan Francisco de Vidal (1800-1863), 19th century President of Peru, Francisco Vidal Gormaz (1837-1907), Chilean navy officer and hydrographer, , Francisco Vidal (Chilean politician), Chilean politician, Francisco González Gómez (1918-1990), Spanish caricaturist, painter and sculptor who used the pseudonym of Francisco