Customers' son

[charuby.livejournal.com]

A couple came in with their child. They were English, with no hint of foreign ancestry (I could be wrong here but I'm going to assume they were born and bred here). Their son was called Nino. WDYT?

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[lunabelle.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of Nemo as in the fish. I don't like it.

[charuby.livejournal.com]

Now that you mention it...

[lil-cherub.livejournal.com]

Same. I was coming here to post "its better then Nemo.."

[becomingun.livejournal.com]

I don't like it but I wouldn't have noticed it.

[kaizopp.livejournal.com]

Isn't that Amelie's bf's name?

[boobeedoo.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I was going to say the same thing!

[raze--the-rose.livejournal.com]

Was that the actual name, or a nick name?

[sans-patrie.livejournal.com]

Nino is a fairly common nickname for some Italian names. My great uncle's name was Antonio and he was called Nino. Quite possible that even if they are "born and bred" English themselves, they still have foreign ancestry that they wanted to honor with their child's name.

[doxerssoldout.livejournal.com]

came here to say this - my (very american) dude's name is nino, as a nickname for anthony.

interestingly, whenever i mention his name to people who've never met him, they always assume he's hispanic.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Where I'm originally from, there's a small pizza chain called Nino's, so that's all I can think of.