Given name & surname
Paco
“a man from France”
Paco is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “a man from France.”
Original Spanishปาโก
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “a man from France.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Spanish use, Paco is used as an affectionate form of Francisco.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Paco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 324
- 324 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 18 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 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,089 as a first name in 2020; 579 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.
Paco’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Paco is a diminutive of Francisco. In English usage, Paco shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Pancho. In Spanish usage, Paco has a conventional equivalent in the English form Francis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Paco has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Panchocognate · Spanish
- Pacafeminine form · Spanish
- Kikocognate · Tagalog, Spanish
- Francissee also · English
- Francoequivalent
- FranzGerman
- Franciscusequivalent
- FransDutch
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See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Paco
- Paco de LucíaSpanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician (1947-2014)
- Paco AlcácerSpanish association football playerborn 1993
- Paco GentoSpanish footballer (1933–2022)
- Paco RabanneSpanish-French fashion designer (1934-2023)
- Paco JémezSpanish football player/managerborn 1970
- Paco CamarasaSpanish footballerborn 1967
- Paco BienzobasSpanish football player/manager/referee (1909-1981)
- Paco Godiaracecar driver (1921-1990)
- Paco TousSpanish actorborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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