Paco

For other uses, see Paco (disambiguation).

Paco is - together with Pancho - the Spanish nickname for Francisco, as in Pancho Villa, the legendary Mexican revolutionary.

The nickname has its origins in Saint Francis of Assisi, who was the father of the Franciscan order. His name was written by the order as Pater Comunitatis (Father of the community); "Paco" is obtained by taking the first syllable of each word.^{[citation needed]}

People with the nickname Paco

• Paco, Spanish footballer
• Paco Ahlgren, American novelist
• Paco Arespacochaga, Filipino drummer
• Paco Bandeira, Portuguese singer
• Paco Cabanes Pastor, Valencian pilota player
• Paco Calderón, Mexican political cartoonist
• Paco de Lucía, Spanish Flamenco guitarist and composer
• Paco Decina, Italian choreographer
• Paco 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 Lala's, Mexican TV host
• Paco León, Spanish actor
• Paco Moncayo, mayor of Quito, Ecuador
• Paco Peña, Spanish Flamenco guitarist
• Paco Rabanne, haute couture designer
• 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 Rap Artist, white rapper in Tennessee