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Nicholas

in Delaware

There are 44 people with the last name "Nicholas" in Delaware.

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Ranking in Delaware

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Nicholas 2,166
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  1. is 2,162nd most common Mccurdy
  2. is 2,163rd most common Mckelvey
  3. is 2,164th most common Moor
  4. is 2,165th most common Napier
  5. is 2,166th most common Nicholas
  6. is 2,167th most common Obier
  7. is 2,168th most common Oney
  8. is 2,169th most common Peacock
  9. is 2,170th most common Pedrick

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

Nancy, Brian, Charles, Frances, Pam, William, Annette, Barbara, Carolyn

Meaning & History

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.

FOREBEARS 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.

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