Given name & surname
Paca
“one who is free”
Paca is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is free.”
Original SpanishFrancisca
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is free.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Paca is a diminutive of Francisca. In Spanish usage, Paca is a feminine form of Paco.
Paca’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Paca is a diminutive of Francisca. In Spanish usage, Paca is a feminine form of Paco. In Macedonian usage, Paca is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Паца.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Paca
- Paca NavasHonduran journalist, writer and feminist1883–1969
- Paca la PirañaSpanish actress and vedetteborn 1962
- Paca BlancoSpanish feminist, environmentalist, anti-fascist, anti-nuclear, anti-capitalist and pensionerborn 1949
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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