Francisco

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɹænˈsɪskəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɹænˈsɪskoʊ/

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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].

• 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.

From Spanish Francisco, from Latin Franciscus.

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

Francisco

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

Franciscō

1. dative/ablative singular of Franciscus

From Latin Franciscus.

Francisco m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

• Fala: Francisco
• Galician: Francisco
• Portuguese: Francisco
  • → Kimbundu: Fula
  • → Língua Geral Amazônica: Paxiku, Pasiku

• 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

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

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

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

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

   Synonym: (pet form) Chico

• → Kimbundu: Fula
• → Língua Geral Amazônica: Paxiku, Pasiku

Francisco m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the given name

Borrowed from Latin Franciscus.

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

Francisco m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Francis

Francisco m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the given name

• Francisca

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

• Paransisco — obsolete
• Paransisko — obsolete

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

Francisco (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓ)

1. a male given name from Spanish

Francisco

1. (astronomy) Francisco