Yesterday, [name_m]Joe[/name_m] Gatto from the TV show Impractical Jokers and his wife, [name_f]Bessy[/name_f], had a baby boy who they named [name_u]Remington[/name_u]. They’re going with [name_m]Remo[/name_m] as a nickname. [name_m]How[/name_m] is that pronounced? Does it rhyme with [name_m]Nemo[/name_m], or is it a soft ‘e’ as in [name_u]Remington[/name_u]?
Hmm…that’s unusual! My first thought would be that [name_m]Remo[/name_m] rhymes with [name_m]Nemo[/name_m]…but I guess they could theoretically get away with it having a soft e. Maybe they will eventually say his nickname on TV or in an interview and then everyone will know 
It should rhyme with [name_m]Nemo[/name_m]. That being said, the Italian (and Greek) pronunciation of [name_m]Nemo[/name_m] is NEH-moe (Latin would have been more like NAY-moe), not KNEE-moe as English speakers tend to say. Since [name_m]Remo[/name_m], as a stand alone name, is Italian, the correct pronunciation would be pretty close to the beginning of [name_u]Remington[/name_u] plus -O, but many English speakers reading it would probably pronounce it [name_f]REE[/name_f]-moe. Although, anyone who knows his full name is [name_u]Remington[/name_u] would probably pick up that it should be pronounced similarly.
I worked with someone named [name_m]Remo[/name_m] (not a nickname) and it was [name_u]Ray[/name_u]-moe. I cannot recall what ethnicity he was, but it was the traditional pronunciation for him.
I think [name_m]Remo[/name_m], like [name_u]Remy[/name_u] not like [name_m]Nemo[/name_m].
I thought the same thing when I saw the news! I assumed it was more like [name_u]Remy[/name_u] (but with an O) instead of rhyming with [name_m]Nemo[/name_m]. I guess we’ll have to wait and see, and hope they say it sometime soon!
[name_m]Remo[/name_m] is a very traditional Swiss name, heard fairly often and as a stand-alone (someone mentioned it being a Italian name so we probably adapted it from there) and the correct pronunciation is REH-mo as in [name_u]Remy[/name_u] and [name_u]Remington[/name_u].