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Nickolas

boy name
Origin
Greek
Syllables
3
Peak era
2000s
Today
▼ Cooling

Meaning

victory of the people (variant spelling of Nicholas)

The story

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Nickolas around the world

One shared root links 13 names across 6 languages.

Shared root: from Greek Nikolaos, nike "victory" + laos "people"

The constellation

NickolasEnglish · variantNicolásSpanishNicolaItalianNilsScandinavian
9 more branches of this family
NikolasGreek · variantNickEnglish · short formNikoGreek · short formNicoleFrench · feminine formNicholeEnglish · variantNicolleEnglish · variantNikkiEnglish · short formNicoletteFrench · diminutiveColletteFrench · diminutive

Sources list Nickolas among the forms of Nicholas (English).

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Nickolas peaked in the 2000s.

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Popularity in Brazil

3,339 people · the #3,610 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 62,500 · median age 12

1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Nickolas living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

The census also counted 316 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Nickolas

Most people given the name Nickolas in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Nickolas you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Nickolas

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The Nickolas deep dive

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