Francisco

See also: francisco

English

Etymology

From Latin Franciscus. Doublet of Francis.

• (given name): From Romance Francisco (Portuguese Francisco, Spanish Francisco)
• (moon of Uranus): From the naming pattern established for moons of Uranus, being references to the works of William Shakespeare. From being a character in the play The Tempest

Pronunciation

• (without æ-raising)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɹænˈsɪskəʊ̯/, [ˌfɹʷænˈsɪskəʊ̯]
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌfɹænˈsɪskoʊ̯/, [ˌfɹʷænˈsɪskoʊ̯]

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• (æ-raising)
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌfɹeə̯nˈsɪskoʊ̯/, [ˌfɹʷeə̯nˈsɪskoʊ̯]; /ˌfɹɛə̯nˈsɪskoʊ̯/, [ˌfɹʷɛə̯nˈsɪskoʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -ɪskəʊ
• Hyphenation: Fran‧cis‧co

Proper noun

Francisco (countable and uncountable, plural Franciscos)

1. (astronomy) A moon in Uranus, Solar System.
2. (countable) A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Francis.
   • 2015 August 8, Michael Martinez and Jaqueline Hurtado, “Undocumented immigrants picked for city posts say U.S. ‘progressing’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Julian Zatarian, 21, and Francisco Medina, 29, were appointed to advisory commissions this week even though they are undocumented immigrants, becoming what the sponsoring councilman calls among the first for local governments nationwide.

3. (countable) A surname from Spanish or from Portuguese [in turn transferred from the given name].

Related terms

• Bay of San Francisco
• Frisco
• San Francisco
• San Francisco Chinameca
• San Francisco Gotera
• San Francisco Javier
• San Francisco Lempa
• San Francisco Morazán
• San Francisco Peaks
• São Francisco

Translations

moon of Uranus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天衛二十二 / 天卫二十二 (Tiānwèi èrshí'èr)

• Hindi: फ़्रांसिस्को m (frānsisko)
• Japanese: フランシスコ (ja) (Furanshisuko)
• Russian: Франци́ско (ru) m (Francísko)
• Spanish: Pancho (es) sg or pl

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Francisco is the 1481^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 24,095 individuals. Francisco is most common among Hispanic/Latino (41.92%), White (29.20%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (19.0%) individuals.

Asturian

Alternative forms

• Franciscu
• Xico, Pacho, Pachu, Pachín (diminutive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾanˈθisko/ [fɾãn̟ˈθis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: Fran‧cis‧co

Proper noun

Francisco m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis or Spanish Francisco

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Francisco, from Latin Franciscus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Fran‧cis‧co
• IPA^(key): /pɾanˈsisko/ [pɾ̪ɐn̪ˈs̪is̪.ko]

Proper noun

Francisco

1. (dated) a male given name from Spanish
2. a surname
3. a moon of Uranus

Latin

Proper noun

Franciscō

1. dative/ablative singular of Franciscus

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Franciscus.

Proper noun

Francisco m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

Descendants

• Fala: Francisco
• Galician: Francisco
• Portuguese: Francisco
  • → Kimbundu: Fula
  • → Língua Geral Amazônica: Pasiku, Paxiku
  • → Old Tupi: Frasiku
  • → Vietnamese: Phanxicô

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Francisco”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Francisco, from Latin Franciscus, from Francia + -iscus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈsis.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈsis.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃ.ku/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈsis.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: -isku
• Homophone: francisco
• Hyphenation: Fran‧cis‧co

Proper noun

Francisco m (plural Franciscos, feminine Francisca, feminine plural Franciscas)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

   Synonym: (pet form) Chico

Derived terms

• francisquinho
• Francisquinho
• São Francisco

Related terms

• França
• francisca
• franciscana
• franciscanada
• franciscanismo
• franciscanista
• franciscano
• francisco

Descendants

• → Kimbundu: Fula
• → Língua Geral Amazônica: Pasiku, Paxiku
• → Old Tupi: Frasiku
• → Vietnamese: Phanxicô

Proper noun

Francisco m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the given name

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *frankô

Frankish *Frankōbor.

Latin francus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin Francia

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.

Latin -iscus

Latin Franciscusbor.

Spanish Francisco

Borrowed from Latin Franciscus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾanˈθisko/ [fɾãn̟ˈθis.ko] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /fɾanˈsisko/ [fɾãnˈsis.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: Fran‧cis‧co

Proper noun

Francisco m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

Proper noun

Francisco m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the given name

Coordinate terms

• Francisca

Derived terms

• San Francisco
• San Francisco Menéndez
• (nicknames): Kiko, Paco, Pancho, Paquito, Curro

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Paransisco — obsolete
• Paransisko — obsolete

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /fɾanˈsisko/ [fɾɐn̪ˈsis.k̠o]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /pɾanˈsisko/ [pɾɐn̪ˈsis.k̠o]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: Fran‧cis‧co

Proper noun

Francisco (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓ)

1. a male given name from Spanish

Related terms

• Francis
• Francisca
• Kika
• Kikay
• Kiko
• Kikoy

Turkish

Proper noun

Francisco

1. (astronomy) Francisco