Francisco

Where Francisco comes from

From Latin Franciscus. Doublet of Francis. * (given name): From Romance Francisco (Portuguese Francisco, Spanish Francisco) * (moon of Uranus): From the naming pattern established for moons of Uranus, being references to the works of William Shakespeare. From being a character in the play The Tempest
— Wiktionary's entry for Francisco
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1478
    Francisco Pizarro born
    Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #392 among boys — 19 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1892
    Francisco Franco born
    Spanish general and dictator
  4. 1991
    Peak, #114
    2,906 babies named Francisco — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #252.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Francis.
Namesakes
  • Francisco Franco · Spanish general and dictator, 1892–1975
  • Francisco Pizarro · Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire, 1478–1541
  • Francisco Quevedo · Spanish writer, 1584–1645
  • Francisco de Zurbarán · Spanish painter, 1598–1664
  • Francisco I. Madero · Mexican revolutionary leader and president, 1873–1913

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.