First name origin & meaning:
Greek: Victorious people
First name variations: Nicolas, Nikolas, Nikolie, Niko, Nikolaus, Nicklaus, Nicola, Nick, Nicky, Nikki, Nikita, Nickita, Nikos, Nikolai, Nikola, Nicholai, Nicanor, Nikos, Nicos, Nichol, Nichols, Nicolson, Nicol, Nicolo, Nikolos, Nicko, Nicodemus, Nils, Niles, Nixon, Cole, Colin, Colet, Claus, Klaus, Klas, Klaas, Miklós
Last name origins & meanings:
- English and Dutch: from the personal name (Greek Nikolaos,
from nikān ‘to conquer’ + laos ‘people’). Forms with
-ch- are due to hypercorrection (compare Anthony). The
name in various vernacular forms was popular among Christians
throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, largely as a result of the fame
of a 4th-century Lycian bishop, about whom a large number of legends
grew up, and who was venerated in the Orthodox Church as well as the
Catholic. In English-speaking countries, this surname is also found as
an Americanized form of various Greek surnames such as
Papanikolaou ‘(son of) Nicholas the priest’ and patronymics
such as Nikolopoulos.
- The colonial official and revolutionary patriot Robert Carter
Nicholas was from a prominent VA family on both sides. His father was
a British navy surgeon who emigrated in about 1700 from Lancashire,
England, to Williamsburg, VA.
Famous people with this first name:
Nicholas Cage
Famous people who gave their babies this name:
Tony Blair,
Mel Brooks,
Phil Collins,
Marilu Henner,
Hulk Hogan,
Gene Simmons,
Vanna White
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