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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Manly

How Popular Is The Name Chico

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish and Portuguese : from chico ‘small’, ‘young’ (of uncertain origin, perhaps from Latin ciccum ‘trifle’), applied as a nickname for a small man, or for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name.
  • Portuguese : from a pet form of the personal name Francisco, a vernacular form of Franciscus (see Francis).

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