Behind the Name: Comments for the name Vasco

Comments for VASCO:

Maybe this name got also another history, probably in France, and from the region of GUASCOGNA. For this it was maybe Guasco, Guascone and means a guy full of himself.

-- spike71 11/15/2005

In Bulgaria "Vasco" is used as a pet form of "Vasil" ("s" is pronounced [s], not [z], the stress is on the "i").

-- iva_toneva 5/23/2006

In Spanish "vasco" means "Basque" as an adjective and as a noun and as the language of the Basques.

-- iva_toneva 6/14/2006

Vasco Rossi (born February 7, 1952) is one of the best-known artists and songwriters in Italy. His nickname is Blasco.

-- sweetbabe 12/17/2006

Vasco da Gama (IPA: ['vaʃku dɐ 'gɐmɐ] (Sines or Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal, c. 1469 – December 24, 1524 in Kochi, India) was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery, and the first person to sail directly from Europe to India.

-- sweetbabe 12/17/2006

I love it! It seems like the quintessential Spanish explorer/conquistador's name. The only thing I don't like is that the V gets changed to something that sounds like a B in Spanish, but doesn't that get fixed with Italian pronunciation?

-- lcgirl20 3/6/2008

Portuguese: [VAHSH-koo] [noted -ed]

-- SugarPlumFairy 5/27/2010

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