Dp wants Nicholas I want Nico. Who's right?

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We both really like the name Nico, and it works in several languages which is important to us. However, my dp thinks the baby should be called Nicholas then tell people to call him Nico... He thinks people with longer names are more multi faceted or something 🤔
ANYWAY. Nicholas and call him Nico - or just Nico?

I'm really surprised people wouldn't know how to pronounce nico.. It was on our shortlist also as being a name that was said the same in both our languages (Danish and English)... I thought it was always pronounced "nee-co"

I would just do nico though not nicholas if it it was me

Smurf I know...but it's just one of those names. Some people don't connect seeing something written down like that with something they won't have heard a lot.

Plus I'm a twentyonepilots fan so it makes me love it even more.

Surely Nick is the nickname for Nicholas? Nico is a name in its own right and it’s not that unusual - I really don’t think anyone will have any trouble pronouncing it!

Love Nico by the way. This Nicholas is really dated and dull!

Nico is lovely. Much prefer it to Nicholas. It seems strange to me that anyone would find it hard to pronounce but that might be because I watch F1.

Nicholas, definitely and nickname him Nico.

Personally I would name him Nicholas but you can call him Nico.
People really won't struggle to pronounce Nico, and it is lovely.

Nicholas, lovely name and more options.

Nico is great, but absolutely Nicholas or Nicolas on the birth certificate.

There's a school near me that's shortened to nico but pronounced niko is an awful first name

I find Nicolas a bit dated. Really like Nico. I don’t think Nico is cutesy or nicknamey but a name in its own right so I don’t think it needs a BC name.

Nico is a name in it’s own Right so would be weird to name him something different.
And don’t worry about a few thick people who can’t figure the name out. I’m sure you won’t meet many.

He might end up as a 56 year old Geography teacher.

He'll just as likely grow up to prefer being called Nick in either case.

But I'd go with Nicholas.

I love Nico, and would pronounce it Neeco not Nicko.
If our imminent DC2 is a boy it will be Dominic so I'm hoping to get away with using Nico as a nickname (as I don't like Dom). If it was down to me I'd just use Nico as the full name but DH gets casting vote on DC2 as I chose DS1's name.

Nicholas. Don't force him to use a diminutive as an adult. Nicknames are used when people are trying to put you down, whether it's Jezza or BoJo or Sweetie.

Nico isn’t a diminutive, it’s a name in its own right.

Nicholas

I'm not overly keen on Nicholas, but Nico is a child's name, not many men would suit it.

Nicholas

Nico is the nickname for Nicola in Italy.
I worked with a Nico in the UK. He was a Nicholas but had decided his own nickname (which is what will happen anyway) he pronounced it Nikko not Neeko.

I prefer Nicholas, and imagine the child himself will begin as Nicky and grow up as Nick.

Nico sounds forced in the UK. Even with Italian heritage because then it would be Nicola on the bc.

Oh god Nicholas

Spell it Nicolas instead of Nicholas then you have a perfect compromise with the short version already there in front of you.