Vasco

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Gender Masculine
Usage Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Pronounced Pron. VASH-koo(European Portuguese) VAS-koo(Brazilian Portuguese) BAS-ko(Spanish)

Meaning & History

From the medieval Spanish name Velasco, which possibly meant "crow" in Basque. A famous bearer was the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460-1524), the first person to sail from Europe around Africa to India.