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Nicholas

in the US

There are 233,814 people with the first name "Nicholas" in the United States.

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Nicholas 192
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  1. is 188th most common Phyllis
  2. is 189th most common Dan
  3. is 190th most common Peggy
  4. is 191st most common Howard
  5. is 192nd most common Nicholas
  6. is 193rd most common Elaine
  7. is 194th most common Billy
  8. is 195th most common Rita
  9. is 196th most common Greg

Most Common Last Names for Nicholas

Smith, Johnson, Brown, Miller, Jones, Williams, Anderson, Davis, Martin, Thompson

Meaning & History

(male) English form of the post-classical Greek personal name Nikolaos, derived from nikē ‘victory’ + laos ‘people’. The spelling with -ch- first occurred as early as the 12th century, and became firmly established at the time of the Reformation, although Nicolas is still occasionally found. St Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop of Myra in Lycia, about whom virtually nothing factual is known, although a vast body of legend grew up around him, and he became the patron saint of Greece and of Russia, as well as of children, sailors, merchants, and pawnbrokers. His feast day is 6 December, and among the many roles which legend has assigned to him is that of bringer of Christmas presents, in the guise of ‘Santa Claus’ (an alteration of the Dutch form of his name, Sinterklaas).

Variants: Nicolas, Nickolas.

Short forms: Nick, Nik, Nico.

Pet form: Nicky.

Cognates: Irish: Nioclás. Scottish Gaelic: Neacal. German: Nikolaus, Niklaus. Dutch: Nicolaas, Nik(o)laas. Danish: Niels. Norwegian: Niklas; Nils. Swedish: Niklas; Nils. French: Nicolas. Spanish: Nicolás, Nicolao. Catalan: Nicolau. Portuguese: Nicolau. Italian: Nicola, Nic(c)olò. Greek: Nikolaos. Russian, Bulgarian: Nikolai. Polish: Mikołaj. Czech: Mikoláš, Mikuláš. Croatian, Serbian: Nikola. Slovenian: Nikolaj. Finnish: Niilo. Hungarian: Miklós. Lithuanian: Mykolas.

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