Paco
Paco is a Spanish nickname for Francisco. According to folk etymology, the nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order; his name was written in Latin by the order as pater communitatis ; hence "Paco" was supposedly obtained by taking the first syllable of each word.
People with the nickname Paco include:
- Paco Alcácer, Spanish footballer
- Paco Arespacochaga, Portuguese singer
- Paco Cabanes Pastor, Valencian pilota player
- Paco Calderón, Mexican political cartoonist
- Paco Camino, Spanish bullfighter
- Paco Craig, American football player
- Paco Craig, English footballer
- Paco de Lucía, Spanish flamenco guitarist and composer
- Paco Decina, Italian choreographer
- Francisco Estévez, Spanish composer
- Paco Estrada, American musician
- Francisco Gento, Spanish footballer
- Paco Godia, Spanish racing driver
- Paco González, Spanish sport journalist
- Paco Herrera, Spanish footballer
- Paco Ibáñez, Spanish singer
- Paco Jamandreu, Argentine fashion designer and actor
- Paco Jémez, Spanish footballer
- Paco León, Spanish actor
- Francisco Llorente Gento, Spanish retired footballer
- Paco López (footballer), Spanish football manager and former player
- Francisco Marhuenda, Spanish journalist, professor and former politician
- Paco Moncayo, mayor of Quito, Ecuador
- Paco Peña, Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Paco Rabanne, Spanish fashion designer
- Paco Rodriguez, American baseball player
- Pape Demba "Paco" Samb, Senegalese-American griot
- Paco Stanley, Mexican television entertainer and politician
- Paco Ignacio Taibo I, Spanish/Mexican writer and journalist
- Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Spanish/Mexican writer, academic and politician
- Paco Tous, Spanish actor