Nico, Neko, Neco or Niko

[Mega_Muffin]

Definitely not [name]Neko[/name] or [name]Neco[/name].

If used as a nickname, whether I would spell it with a C or a K would depend on how I spelled the formal name.

[name]Nicholas[/name]/[name]Dominic[/name] - [name]Nico[/name]
[name]Nikolai[/name]/[name]Dominik[/name] - [name]Niko[/name]

It sounds like you may just want to use [name]Nico[/name]/[name]Niko[/name], though, and in that case, [name]Niko[/name] seems more “complete” as a full name to me for some reason. (But I would rather see it used as a nickname myself. [name]Nicholas[/name] and [name]Dominic[/name] are two of my favorite names!)

[system]

@maggiefromcanada

I think [name]Nico[/name] is the most straightforward, followed by [name]Niko[/name]. If I saw [name]Neko[/name] or [name]Neco[/name] I would wonder if it was pronounced Neh-ko instead. The only [name]Neko[/name] I’ve ever heard of is [name]Neko[/name] [name]Case[/name], and that’s a woman. Also, [name]Neko[/name] (pn neh-koh) is apparently Japanese for cat.

Agreed…!

[juniperjones]

[name]Nico[/name] is my first and only pick.

[Castles]

[name]Niko[/name] or [name]Nico[/name]. I agree that [name]Neco[/name]/[name]Neko[/name] is pronounced “neh-ko”. Plus, it reminds me of cat.

[essjay]

[name]Nico[/name], followed by [name]Niko[/name]. The 'e’s in it just look off to me. And I think [name]Nico[/name] is pretty uncommon in either pronunciation in English speaking countries so people will go with what you tell them to.

[vkyay]

Thanks everyone. “[name]Nico[/name]” is also my preference and now I have backup I also wasn’t aware of the “cat in Japanese” connection for the spelling “[name]Neko[/name]”