Given name & surname
Pancho
“a man from France”
Pancho is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “a man from France.”
Original SpanishFrancisco
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, Pancho is used as an affectionate form of Francisco.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pancho through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 202
- 202 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 9 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 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 801 as a first name in 2020; 494 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.
Pancho’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Pancho is a diminutive of Francisco. In Spanish usage, Pancho shares a linguistic root with the English form Paco. Pancho is an affectionate form of Francisco.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pancho
- Pancho VladigerovBulgarian musician (1899–1978)
- Pancho GonzalesAmerican tennis player (1928–1995)
- Pancho SeguraEcuadorian tennis player (1921-2017)
- Pancho VillaFilipino boxer (1901-1925)
- Pancho GuedesPortuguese architect, sculptor and painter (1925-2015)
- Pancho CarterAmerican racing driverborn 1950
- Pancho PaskovBulgarian fencerborn 1994
- Pancho CórdovaMexican actor, screenwriter and film director (1916-1990)
- Pancho DemmingsAmerican actorborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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