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 [ 2 syll. ni-co, nic-o ] The boy name Nico is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is NIYKow KEY. Nico is largely used in the German and English languages, and it is derived from Old Greek origins. Nico is a short form of the name Nicodemus (English). Nico is also a German pet form of the name Nicholas (English and French). Nico is also a short form of the name Nikolaus (German). Nico is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1980s; before that, it was of irregular use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.017% of baby boys being given the name Nico. It ranked at #667 then. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Nico, Nicholas (English and French) was the most commonly used in 2008. It was used 35 times more than Nico in that year. Nico has in the past century been mostly given to boys. Baby names that sound like Nico include Nikko (English), Niko (German), Nacek (Polish), Nacho (Spanish), Nagi (Arabic), Naji (Arabic and Iranian), Nácek (Czech), Necho (Spanish), Nesho (Spanish), Newsy (English), Ngozi (Igbo), Niaz (Urdu), Nicho (Spanish), Nickey (English), Nicki (German), Nickie (English), Nicky (English), Nika (Russian), Niki (Polish, German, and Hungarian), and Nikki (Dutch and English). KEY: Pronunciation for Nico: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"   |
