I am wondering if the name I love for our third baby is too difficult to say? We live in very densely populated Italian community in NJ so it won’t be a problem for him here but in the rest of the US and English speaking world I am slightly concerned. [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] [name_m]Salvatore[/name_m] is what we want to name him but we might end up putting [name_m]Salvatore[/name_m] up front if [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] is too confusing! My older two are [name_m]Vincenzo[/name_m] [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] aka [name_u]Vinny[/name_u]/[name_m]Enzo[/name_m] and [name_f]Aubriella[/name_f] [name_f]Nicole[/name_f].
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you have trouble figuring out the correct way to say [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m]?
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you like [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] [name_m]Salvatore[/name_m] or [name_m]Salvatore[/name_m] [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] better?
I know how to say [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] and I’m not italian and I don’t know any italian despite being raised in Europe.
I prefer [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] as the first name. It goes well with your other children’s names and is very handsome. [name_m]Salvatore[/name_m] I have a problem with…I would have to confirm whether it was pronounced [name_u]Sal[/name_u]-vat-or or [name_u]Sal[/name_u]-vat-or-ay or something else.
Your other children have [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] and [name_f]Nicole[/name_f] as middles which are more mainstream than [name_m]Salvatore[/name_m]…so maybe pair [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] with a different middle in case your son prefers something less italian?
Good luck.
I know how to say it because of a men’s (?) clothes brand (but it’s spelled differently). I don’t think it’s that hard to explain, but I’m not sure how it would go down in the US. There was a [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] in one of my labs who seemed to manage fine. I think [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] [name_m]Salvatore[/name_m] flows best.
I don’t think it would be much of a problem in the US. If you have Italian heritage and your other kids have Italian names, then there isn’t even anything odd about it. As far as pronunciation goes, I have only a passing knowledge of Italian from singing and I was pretty close on the correct pronunciation. I just had the accent on the wrong syllable. That being said, you are likely to get Jee-ah-coh-mo the most outside of people who understand/are familiar with Italian pronunciation, but one simple correction should take care of that. Like a previous poster said, I would just have to confirm with his middle name whether it was [name_u]Sal[/name_u]-va-tor or [name_u]Sal[/name_u]-va-tor-ay. I have heard different people pronounce it different ways.
As far as flow goes, I think [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m] [name_m]Salvatore[/name_m] sounds much better than [name_m]Salvatore[/name_m] [name_m]Giacomo[/name_m].