Francisco

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Francisc in PL Poland, CA Canada, Francísco in DO Dominican Republic and Франциско in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Francisco is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name4.0M records spelled Francisco31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Venezuela, Guatemala

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Fráncisco, Franciscó, Fräńçïşçö, Fřâňćîšćô, Fráncíscó

• a separate given name304K records spelled Francisco5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Francis-Co, Françisco, Fràncisco, Francísco

• Indonesian given name33K records spelled Francisco3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Philippines, Indonesia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Françisco

• Lao given name25K records spelled Francisco44 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Spain

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Francis, Francesco, Franco, ฟรานซิส, ฟรานซิสโก

109 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Francisco is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Spanish form of Italian Francesco. See (Francis in main dictionary. Feminine form: Francisca.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A moon in Uranus, Solar System.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, forma italiana de Franciscus; muito raro como sobrenome

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Swedish, Francisco och Francesco är italienska, portugisiska och spanska former av latinets Franciscus (→ Frans). En känd namnbärare är Franciscus, påve 2013–2025.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• Libre

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Francisco de Almeidab. 1450PTPortuguese nobleman and soldier
• Francisco Pizarrob. 1478ESSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
• Frantzisko Xabierkoab. 1506ESnot in their usual nameSpanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
• Francisco Goyab. 1746ESSpanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
• José de San Martínb. 1778ARnot in their usual nameArgentine general and independence leader (1778–1850)
• Alfonso XII of Spainb. 1857ESnot in their usual nameking of Spain from 1874 to 1885
• Francisco Francob. 1892ESSpanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
• Francisco Varallob. 1910ARArgentine footballer (1910-2010)
• Francisco Macías Nguema Biyokob. 1924GQEquatoguinean politician, 1st and former President of Equatorial Guinea (1924-1979)
• Paco Tousb. 1964ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,329 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Francisco?

We estimate roughly 2.4 million people bear Francisco (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Francisco have the most bearers?

Francisco is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled francisco.

How common is Francisco compared with other names?

In Argentina, Francisco is the 45th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Francisco a male or female name?

Francisco is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Francisco mean?

Recorded meaning: Spanish form of Francis; from France or 'free'.