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Nicholas

in Maine

There are 226 people with the last name "Nicholas" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Nicholas 967
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  1. is 963rd most common Boyle
  2. is 964th most common Brady
  3. is 965th most common Gillespie
  4. is 966th most common Jellison
  5. is 967th most common Nicholas
  6. is 968th most common Ballard
  7. is 969th most common Anthony
  8. is 970th most common Owens
  9. is 971st most common Penney

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

James, David, John, Patricia, Stephen, Anthony, Frank, Michael, Peter

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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