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Nicholas

in Nevada

There are 215 people with the last name "Nicholas" in Nevada.

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Nicholas 990
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  1. is 986th most common Brandon
  2. is 987th most common Earl
  3. is 988th most common Gifford
  4. is 989th most common Jarvis
  5. is 990th most common Nicholas
  6. is 991st most common Nielson
  7. is 992nd most common Velez
  8. is 993rd most common Greer
  9. is 994th most common Lau

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

John, Michael, Anthony, Bobby, James, Jessica, Scott

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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