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Vasco! From Lookism the webcomic, that's where I know this name from.
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English speakers say VAHS-ko, for what it's worth. Actually not a bad name at all in my opinion, but unless your background is Italian or Spanish, I think it would seem out of place. Also the sound of it kind of makes me think of Boscov's department stores, which is a positive association though I wouldn't name my kid after a department store necessarily...
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Vasco António Barbosa da Costa is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Vitória F.C. as a forward.
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The name Vasco is very handsome and elegant! Shame it's so underused and underappreciated. :(
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Portuguese: [VAHSH-koo] [noted -ed]
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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?
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Vasco Rossi (born February 7, 1952) is one of the best-known artists and songwriters in Italy. His nickname is Blasco.
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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.
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In Spanish "vasco" means "Basque" as an adjective and as a noun and as the language of the Basques.
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In Bulgaria "Vasco" is used as a pet form of "Vasil" ("s" is pronounced [s], not [z], the stress is on the "i").
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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.
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While Velasco has been associated with the Basque bele "crow", the Royal Academy of the Basque Language (Euskaltzaindia) states it is derived from the Visigothic name Vela and the Basque suffix -sco/sko, which was used to form patronymic names (cf. The surnames Vélaz and Vélez).
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velasco
https://www.euskaltzaindia.eus/index.php?option=com_ecoeoda&task=izenaIkusi&Itemid=1672&lang=es&kodea=568&mota=bateratua