Francisco

Spanish, Portuguese

"free man"

Francisco Origin and Meaning

The name Francisco is a boy's name of Spanish, Portuguese origin meaning "free man".

Francisco is one of the more popular Spanish names for boys in the US, which is unsurprising given its popularity back in Spain and Portugal as well as Latin America, coupled with its classic status. It also has a cool hipster vibe to it, given the reputation of the city of San Francisco.

Francisco Rank in US Top 1000

# 307 in the US

Francisco Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 905 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Francisco

• 307 US 2024
• 905 Nameberry 2025
• 469 Future 2028
• 948 England 2023
• 45 Spain 2023
• 1 Portugal 2023
• 46 Mexico 2021
• 18 Argentina 2021
• 60 Chile 2021

20 Names Similar to Francisco

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Francisco.

• Felipe
• Pedro
• Pierre
• Sergio
• Karl
• Bruno
• Raymond
• Glenn
• Caesar
• Jerome
• Orlando
• Lloyd
• Francesco
• Omar
• Angelo
• Carl
• Maurice
• Emmanuel
• Théodore
• Leslie

Famous People Named Francisco

• Papa Francisco Pope of the Holy Catholic Church (2013, )
• Francisco Franco Spanish dictator
• Francisco Jose de Goya Spanish romantic painter
• Francisco Javier Clavet Spanish tennis player
• Francisco Pizarro Spanish conquistador
• Francisco Ignacio Madero 33rd president of Mexico
• Francisco José Rodríguez Venezuelan baseball pitcher
• Francisco Vazquez de Coronado Spanish conquistador
• Francisco Roig Spanish tennis player
• Francisco de Zurbara¡n Spanish painter
• Francisco "Chico" Buarque de Hollanda Brazilian singer,songwriter
• Francisco Lachowski Brazilian male supermodel
• Francisco Ramí­rez Garnes García aka sTaXxCraft Spanish YouTuber
• Francisco "Chicão" Eller (b. 1993) son of Brazilian singer Cassia Eller
• Francisco Müller son of Brazilian actor Otávio
• Francisco Lindor Puerto Rican baseball player
• Francisco Miranda son of Lin,Manuel Miranda and Vanessa Nadal.

The name Francisco in Pop Culture

• Francisco "Cisco" Ramon aka the Vibe superhero in DC comics and TV's "The Flash" and "Arrow"
• Francisco character on TV's "Elena of Avalor"
• "Save Me San Francisco", song by Train
• San Francisco city in the State of California