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caseyohara on Feb 10, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more

Here’s another interesting connection: the Italian forename Enzo is a derivative of the German name Heinz, which is a diminutive of Heinrich and cognate of the given name Henry.

acjohnson55 on Feb 10, 2025 [–]

I always thought that it was a nickname for Lorenzo or Vincenzo

asymmetric on Feb 10, 2025 | [–]

Both hypotheses seem plausible: https://www.behindthename.com/name/enzo

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