In Spain, "Paco" is a short form of "Pater Comunitatis". (San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Comunitatis when he founded the Franciscan order)
In Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are called "Pancho".
In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed "Chico"(shíco).
All above not related at all to the guy who plays the pope these days.
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