Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Franciscus.
In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco".
San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Communitatis (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of Pater Communitatis.
In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called "Pancho".
In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed "Chico"[2] (shíco).