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).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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