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caseyohara
85 days ago
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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
85 days ago
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I always thought that it was a nickname for Lorenzo or Vincenzo
asymmetric
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Both hypotheses seem plausible:
https://www.behindthename.com/name/enzo
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