Frederico or Frederick

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Finally narrowing down names with the final two being Frederick or Sebastian. But with Sebastian initials would be same as DD. Partner is European and where he's from its Federico (not Frederick). Our son would be Fred or Freddie and I'm not European. What's your thoughts on Frederico? I'm still warming to it...

I have the anglicised one. His full name is rarely used except in exams and he is always known by the shortened version.

Does DD have a European sounding name? I think if she does, I’d go with Federico (not fRederico) but if she has an “English” name I’d go with Frederick.

Both Frederick and Sebastian are lovely name choices btw, they were on our shortlist too.

Do you mean Federico or Frederico? It seems a bit odd to pick a name from a completely different country- eg Portugal, when your DH is Italian.

Are you saying you'd use "Frederico" instead of Federico as a sort of compromise mash-up that would produce the nickname Freddie?

I really like Federico but think it would be a pain in the UK. And everyone would stick an extra R in it anyway. So I'd go with Frederick. His dad can still call him Federico as a pet name.

Sorry I meant Frederico or Frederick. DH is Portuguese and DDs name is Sofia

I’d go for the European version, so honour their ancestry especially if being brought up in the UK or away from their fathers land, so to speak!

I would definitely go with Frederico in that case. You can still use Freddie at home, and it goes well with Sofia.

If your daughter has the European Sofia spelling then I would use Federico rather than Frederick. However if you aren't adding any more children to your family, then I'd be tempted to chose Sebastian instead - I always think same initials are lovely in boy/girl sibsets and the Sebastian spelling is the same in many countries, so might be easier.

Neither one thing nor the other. Call him Federico. It's nice!

@IamnotwhouthinkIam

If your daughter has the European Sofia spelling then I would use Federico rather than Frederick. However if you aren't adding any more children to your family, then I'd be tempted to chose Sebastian instead - I always think same initials are lovely in boy/girl sibsets and the Sebastian spelling is the same in many countries, so might be easier.

Exactly this 👌

@QuentinInQuarantino

Neither one thing nor the other. Call him Federico. It's nice!

But that’s from a language and culture which neither parent have as their background. It would be odd.

Federico but still call him Freddie as a nn

*Frederico sorry

Thanks very much for all your comments ! So it will be Frederico or Sebastian (but Sebastian would have same initials as DD...)

I don’t think it matters at all if your kids have the same initials -

Both your options are nice anyway

I really like Frederico and love the nickname Rico