Re: Italian nickname....
In Italy, Nando is used as a nn for Ferdinando or Fernando (itself a contraction of Ferdinando, but I think sometimes it's used as a full name).
The name used to be relatively frequent, but not super-common either, nowadays it's slightly fallen out of use. I associate it more with the South of Italy.
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Italian nickname....  ·  Sweet Lisa Marie  ·  9/23/2007, 6:14 PM
Re: Italian nickname....  ·  Anneza  ·  10/1/2007, 1:00 AM
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Re: Italian nickname....  ·  Profe Esteban  ·  9/24/2007, 11:46 AM
Re: Italian nickname....  ·  Kate  ·  9/24/2007, 12:56 PM
Re: Italian nickname  ·  Profe Esteban  ·  9/25/2007, 11:42 AM
Ferdinando, perhaps? nt  ·  Silverstra123  ·  9/23/2007, 7:03 PM
Yep, definitely Ferdinando. nt  ·  Chrisell  ·  9/24/2007, 5:25 AM