Paquito

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a diminutive of the male given names Paco or Francisco

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/pakito/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Paquito is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 7.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ESSpain≈1 in 54K
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 142K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈15,000 people, est.

Sources
72 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a diminutive of the male given names Paco or Francisco

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Paquito counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Paquito is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈15,000 est.≈1 in 7.2K—Paquito40
ID Indonesia≈1,700 est.≈1 in 162K—Paquito8
ES Spain≈930 est.≈1 in 54K—Paquito37
US United States1681 in 2M166Paquito72
PE Peru≈160 est.≈1 in 204K—Paquito18
GT Guatemala≈120 est.≈1 in 142K—Paquito4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Paquito is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, Spanish pet form of Francisco.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • Spanish: diminutive form of PACO .

    as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Francisco de Almeida, b. 1450Francisco Pizarro, b. 1478Frantzisko Xabierkoa, b. 1506José de San Martín, b. 1778Francisco Franco, b. 1892Jorge Luis Borges, b. 1899Francisco Varallo, b. 1910Francisco Macías Nguema Biyoko, b. 1924Gustavo Petro, b. 1960Paco Tous, b. 1964
  • Francisco de Almeidab. 1450PTnot in their usual namePortuguese nobleman and soldier
  • Francisco Pizarrob. 1478ESnot in their usual nameSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
  • Frantzisko Xabierkoab. 1506ESnot in their usual nameSpanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
  • José de San Martínb. 1778ARnot in their usual nameArgentine general and independence leader (1778–1850)
  • Francisco Francob. 1892ESnot in their usual nameSpanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
  • Jorge Luis Borgesb. 1899ARnot in their usual nameArgentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)
  • Francisco Varallob. 1910ARnot in their usual nameArgentine footballer (1910-2010)
  • Francisco Macías Nguema Biyokob. 1924GQnot in their usual nameEquatoguinean politician, 1st and former President of Equatorial Guinea (1924-1979)
  • Gustavo Petrob. 1960COnot in their usual name42rd President of Colombia 2022–2026
  • Paco Tousb. 1964ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Paquito,Hi Paquito, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Paquito
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020166#42,623
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202#42,623

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Paquito mean, and where does it come from?
a diminutive of the male given names Paco or Francisco Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Paquito?
A machine transcription gives /pakito/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Paquito a male or female name?
Paquito is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Paquito?
In the etymology graph, Frank, Francesco and Franz are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Francisco.
In which country does Paquito have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Paquito in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled paquito.
How common is the name Paquito?
In the United States, the national register counted 168 people named Paquito in 2020, about 1 in 2.0 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Paquito”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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