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I never really noticed this name, but when I was in Sicily last spring, I heard a mother calling her adorable son Saverio, and I kind of fell for it. It's a form of Xavier, which (pronounced like Javier) was my uncle's name and would have been my mn if I had been a boy. I'm not sure I like Saverio as a fn, because it doesn't sound as nice when spoken in English, and I live in the United States. Besides, the only nn I can think of is Sav, which is okay, but not excellent. So I'm thinking it would make a nice mn for an Italian combo. I don't like the sound of it following another name that ends in O, so I've matched it up with names that end in A.

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Luca Saverio
Andrea Saverio
Nicola Saverio

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Which do you prefer? Any other thoughts for fns for Saverio?

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Some thoughts--
Luca is becoming pretty common for boys in this country, but do you think Andrea and Nicola still read immediately as girls' names? I knew a male Nicola, born in Monaco but raised here. He didn't seem to have a problem with his name, but then again, he went exclusively by Nick. I would feel kind of silly giving a kid a "difficult" name like Andrea or Nicola and then mostly calling him Dre or Nico, when I could have gotten those nns from much more common fns.

This message was edited 8/31/2011, 1:43 PM