Given name & surname
Frisco
“a man from France; one who is free”
Frisco is a variant of Francis. One Latin interpretation is “a man from France; one who is free.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Frisco is a variant of Francis. One Latin interpretation is “a man from France; one who is free.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Frisco is a variant of Francis. An origin associated with Francis is Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Frisco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 174
- 174 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 253 as a first name in 2020; 931 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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