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Nicholas
Gender:	Male
Origin:	Greek
Meaning:	"Victory of the people"

Nicholas is a male given name.

Contents 1 Etymology and Origin 2 Translations 3 Derived forms 4 Female forms 5 Famous people with the name Nicholas 6 See also

The male given name Nicholas is derived from the Greek Νικόλαος, Nikolaos, a combination of the words for "victory" (nikē) and "people" (laos). The name can be understood to mean victory of the people some say it means "power of the people". The name became popular through Saint Nicholas of Myra, the inspiration for Father Christmas (known as Santa Claus in the USA). The normal English version of spelling "Nicholas", using an "h", is derived from one way of transliterating the diacritic on the 'o' of the original Greek word Νικόλαος. It is claimed to have first come into use in the 12th century and to have been firmly established by the time of the Reformation. Nonetheless, the spelling "Nicolas" without "h" is occasionally found in English speaking countries (e.g. Nicolas Cage). Nicholas is the 64th most common male name in the USA, comprising roughly 0.275% ^{[verification needed]} of the population, or 33,845 ^{[verification needed]} people.

• Armenian: Նիկողայոս (Nikoghayos) or Նիկողոս (Nikoghos)
• Bulgarian: Никола (diminutive: Кольо), Николай (diminutive: Ники)
• Catalan: Nicolau, Micolau
• Croatian: Nikola, Niko
• Czech: Mikuláš
• Danish: Niels, Nikolaj, Nikolai, Nicolai, Niclas
• Dutch: Nicolaas, Niels, Nico, Nik (only male), Nikki (only female)
• English: Nicholas, Nickolas, Nicolas, Nicol (medieval); diminutives: Nicky (male or female), Nicki (usually female), Nick (only male), Nikki (only female), Nic (male or female)
• Estonian: Niguliste
• Finnish: Niko, Niilo
• French: Nicolas (diminutive: Nico)
• German: Nicolas, Nikolaus (diminutive: Niki, Nickel; Swiss diminutive: Niggi), Niklaus, Niklas
• Georgian: ნიკოლოზ (Nikoloz)
• Greek: Nikolaos/Νικόλαος (diminutive: Nikos/Νίκος)
• Hungarian: Miklós
• Icelandic: Nikulás
• Irish: Níoclas
• Italian: Nicola, Niccolò
• Latin: Nicolaus
• Latvian: Niklāvs
• Lithuanian: Mikalojus, Mikas
• Norwegian: Nils
• Polish: Mikołaj; diminutive: Mikołajek, Mikuś
• Portuguese: Nicolau, Nicolas
• Romanian: Nicolae
• Russian: Николай (Nikolai) (diminutive: Коля)
• Scottish: Nicol (diminutives: Col, Colin)
• Scottish-Gaelic: Neacail
• Slovak: Mikuláš
• Serbian: Никола (Nikola)
• Spanish: Nicolás (diminutive: Nico)
• Swedish: Nils, Niclas, Nicklas, Niklas
• Ukrainian: Микола (Mykola); old style: Миколай (Mykolai), Микита (Mykyta); diminutive: Місько (Mis’ko), Коля (Kola)

• Croatian: Nikica, Nino, Ninoslav
• Dutch: Klaas, Claes, Nick, Niek, Nico
• Finnish: Launo
• German: Klaus
• Swedish: Klas, Nicklas

• Bulgarian: Николина, Николета
• Croatian: Nikolina
• English: Nicole/Nichole/Nicolle, Nicola/Nichola, Nicolette.
• French: Nicole, Nicolette
• German: Nicole
• Greek: Niki/Νίκη, Nikoleta/Νικολέτα
• Italian: Nicoletta
• Polish: Nikola, Nikolina, Nikoleta
• Romanian: Niculina, Nicoleta
• Serbian: Nikolija (archaic), Nikolina, Nikoleta
• Spanish: Nicolasa, Nicola'

• Nick Berg
• Niels Bohr
• Nicolas Cage
• Nicholas de Caveri
• Nicolae Ceauşescu
• Nicholas of Cusa
• Nick Evans
• Nick Faldo
• Saint Nicholas of Flue
• Nicolas Flamel
• Nicholas Gonzalez
• Miklós Horthy
• Nicky Jam
• Saint Nicholas of Japan
• Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers
• Niki Lauda
• Nick Lachey
• Nick Lowe
• Niccolò Machiavelli
• Nicolas Mahler
• Nicholas Russell Fennema BAMF
• Nick Mason
• Saint Nicholas of Myra, also known as Santa Claus
• Nick Nemeth
• Nicole Oresme
• Nikola Petrović-Njegoš, King of Montenegro
• Nicholas I of Russia
• Saint Nicholas II of Russia
• Nikola Tesla
• Nicholas Tse
• Saint Nikolai Velimirovic

• Nicholas is also the name of five popes (Pope Nicholas I, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Nicholas III, Pope Nicholas IV, and Pope Nicholas V), Antipope Nicholas V and four Patriarchs of Constantinople
  • Nicholas Breakspear, Pope Adrian IV
  • Niccolò Boccasini, Pope Benedict XI
  • Niccolò Sfondrati, Pope Gregory XIV

• "Old Nick" can be a euphemism for The Devil but is not short for Nicholas, it is more likely derived from the German word "Nickel" meaning a goblin.^{[citation needed]}

• List of people by name: Ni#Nicholas as given name
• Nikolay
• Nicolay
• Nico, for short