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[Opinions] Nico
Thoughts? What is this name short for, namesakes, combos, anything you want to add. Can it work alone? Boy or girl?He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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It's cute, though I prefer it as a NN rather than a given name. One of my closest friends has a son named Nico, not short for anything.I like it best as a NN for Nikolai, but it could work for any Nic/k- name. Nicholas
Nicole
Nicola
Nicolette
Nikita
Etc.I think it could work for a boy or a girl, though knowing my friend's son, it comes off a bit more as a boys name to me.
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I like it. I've met at least one Nico who had that as his full name, otherwise I've seen it short for Nicolas or something like that. I don't think it would work on a girl unless it was short for Nicola, Nicole, etc. Nico Andreas
Nico Anthony
Nico Anton
Nico Wilhelm
Nico Elyas
Nico Ronan
Nico Rohan
Nico Roran
Nico Alexander
Nico Peregrine
Nico Gabriel
Nico Alberic
Nico Gideon
Nico Merlin
Nico Brannon
Nico Brandon
Nico Garrett
Nico Simeon
Nico Soren
Nico Alden
Nico Elliott
Nico Everett
Nico Everest
Nico Gawain
Nico Gavin
Nico Lachlan
Nico Alban
Nico Damon
Nico Damian
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I like it as a stand alone. It has a little more edge to it than Nick and Nicholas, which have become kind of boring. It's masculine. But there was a 1960s era German chanteuse who called herself Nico. It worked for her. She ran with the Andy Warhol crowd.

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Nico is the standard nn for Nicolaas or Nikolaas for Afrikaans-speaking South Africans, so there are a lot of them around. I've never seen it used as a name in its own right, but why not? Definitely male only; Nicole and Nicola people become Nicky, Nicks or Nic.
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100% male to me. It works fine on its own. Nicodemus would be my fav full name if you really would like Nico yo be a Nn.

This message was edited 10/23/2020, 11:29 PM

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I like it as a nickname for Nicomedes, it's okay on it's ownMy favorite combo is Silva Nicomedes
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Nicholas, Nicole, Niccolo etc. Seems a bit incomplete on its own.
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It's a full name for me personally because it was popular here as a full name in the 80s, 90s and 00s. I find it dated and I always thought Niko looked much better. Boy.
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Boy
Nicolas
Nicodemeus
Dominic
Finnick
Yannick
Only like it as a nn

This message was edited 10/23/2020, 3:54 PM

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