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{{Infobox given name
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|name = Nicholas
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|caption=Saint Nicholas of Myra
|pronunciation=/ˈnɪkələs/
|gender = Male
|meaning = Victory of the people
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|origin = Greek
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|derived = Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), a combination of Greek words "victory" (νίκη; nikē) and "people" (λαός; laos)
|see also=Nicolas, Nicolaas, Niccolò, Nikolas, Nickolas, Nikolaos, Nikolay/Nikolaj/Nicolay/Nicolae, Nicolau/Nicolao Nicola/Nikola, Nikolaus, Nikolla, Nikollë, Nicole/Nicolle/Nichole, Nico, Nikos, Nikita, Nicanor, Nicander
|image=File:Gheorghe Tattarescu - Sfantul Nicolae.jpg}}
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Nicholas is a male given name and a surname.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers.
Origins
The name is derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), understood to mean 'victory of the people', being a compound of νίκη nikē 'victory'[1] and λαός laos 'people'.[2] An ancient[2] paretymology of the latter is that originates from λᾶς las (contracted form of λᾶας laas) meaning 'stone' or 'rock',[3] as in Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha recreated the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic deluge, by throwing stones behind their shoulders while they kept marching on.
The name became popular through Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the inspiration for Santa Claus, but it predates said Bishop by several centuries: the Athenian historian Thucydides for example, mentions that in the second year of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) between Sparta and Athens, the Spartans sent a delegation to the Persian king to ask for his help to fight the Athenians; a certain Nikolaos was one of the delegates.[4] The customary English spelling Nicholas, using a ch, as though the word were spelled in Greek with a chi, first came into use in the 12th century and has been firmly established since the Reformation, although the spelling Nicolas is occasionally used.
Popularity
In the United States, Nicholas – and its variations – was the 17th most popular male name given to babies in 2006. Roughly 0.7% of the boys born that year, or 15,414, were given that name. It is decreasing in popularity, from a high in 1997, when 27,248 males in the United States were given the name Nicholas. That year was the most popular year for Nicholas since 1880, when U.S. records began to be kept for given names.[citation needed]
Male variations
Variations for males include:[5][6]
- Afrikaans: Niklaas
- Albanian: Nikollë, Nikolla, Nikë, Niklaus, Klaus, Koll, Kolë
- Arabic: نقولا
- Persian: نیک
- Aragonese: Nicolau
- Armenian: Նիկողայոս (Nikog(h)ayos, Nigog(h)ayos), Նիկողոս (Nikog(h)os, Nigog(h)os)
- Asturleonese: Nicolás, Nicu, Colás
- Basque: Nikola
- Belarusian: Мікалай (Mikalai), Мікола (Mikola)
- Breton: Nikolaz
- Bulgarian: Никола (Nikola), Николай (Nikolay), Никлен (Niklen), Никулица (Nikùlitsa), Коле (Kole), Кольо (Kolyo), Колю (Kolyu)
- Catalan: Nicolau
- Chuvash: Mikulaj
- Croatian: Niko, Nikola, Nikolac, Nikolaj
- Czech: Nikolas, Mikuláš
- Danish: Claus, Klaus, Niels, Nicolai, Nikolaj, Nilas, Nis, Nikolas, Nikolai, Nicklas, Niklas, Niclas
- Dutch: Nicolaas, Nikolaas, Klaas, Nico, Niek, Niels, Claas, Claes
- Esperanto: Niĉjo, Niko, Nikolao
- Estonian: Nigulas, Nigul, Niilo, Mikk
- Finnish: Launo, Niilo, Niklas, Niko, Nikol, Nikolai
- French: Nicolas, Nico, Colas, Colin
- Galician: Nicolao
- Georgian: ნიკოლოზ (Nikoloz), ნიკო (Niko), ნიკა (Nika), კოლა (Kola)
- German: Claus, Claas, Klaas, Klaus, Klas, Nickolaus, Nicolaus, Niklaus, Nickolas, Nikolaus, Nikolo, Niklas, Nico, Niko, Nil, Nilo
- Greek: Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), Νικόλας (Nikolas), Νίκος (Nikos), Νικολής (Nikolis)
- Hungarian: Miklós, Mikulás (only for Santa Claus)
- Icelandic: Nikulás, Níels, Nils
- Irish: Nioclás
- Italian: Nicola, Nicolò, Niccolò, Nico, Nicolao, Nicolas
- Japanese: Nikorasu
- Latin: Nicolaus
- Latvian: Niklāvs, Klāvs, Nikolass, Nikolajs
- Lithuanian: Mikalojus, Nikolajus
- Low German: Nikolaas, Nicolaas, Klaas, Klaus
- Macedonian: Никола (Nikola), Коле (Kole), Кољо (Koljo), Николче (Nikolče), Николе (Nikole)
- Malay: Nikkolas
- Maltese: Nikola
- Māori: Nikora
- Norwegian: Nils, Nikolai
- Polish: Mikołaj, Mik, Mikołajek, Nikolas
- Portuguese: Nicolau, Nicola, Nícolas
- Romanian: Neculai, Nicolae, Nicu, Nicușor, Niculae, Nicoară(old variant inherited from Latin)
- Russian: Николай (Nikolai), Коля (Kolya)
- Scottish Gaelic: Neacel, Nichol, Nicol, Caelan, Calen
- Serbian: Никола
- Slovak: Mikuláš, Nikolas, Mikoláš
- Slovene: Miklavž, Niko, Nikolaj
- Spanish: Nicolás, Nicolao
- Swedish: Nels, Niklas, Niclas, Nicklas, Nils, Klas, Claes
- Tongan: Nikolasi
- Tatar: Микулай (Miqulay)[7]
- Ukrainian: Микола (Mykola), Миколай (Mykolai, Mykolay)
- Upper Sorbian: Mikławš
- West Frisian: Klaes
Female forms
Female forms include:[5]
- Bulgarian: Николина (Nikolina), Николета (Nikoleta), Никол (Nikol), Нина (Nina)
- Czech: Nikol, Nikoleta, Nikola, Nicol
- Dutch: Klasina, Klazina, Nicole, Nicolien, Nicolet, Nicoline
- Danish: Nikoline
- English: Nicole/Nichole, Nicola/Nichola, Nicolette, Colette
- French: Colette, Coline, Nicole, Nicolette, Nicoline, Cosette
- German: Nicole, Nikole, Nicola, Nikola
- Greek: Νίκη (Níkē, a conflation with Níke), Νικολέτα (Nikoléta), Νικολίνα (Νikolína)
- Hungarian: Nikolett
- Italian: Nicoletta, Nicole, Nicolina
- Macedonian: Nikolina
- Norwegian: Nilsine, Nicoline
- Polish: Nikola
- Portuguese: Nicole
- Romanian: Niculina, Nicoleta
- Scottish: Nicola, Nicholas (Lowlands 18th/19th century)
- Serbo-Croatian: Nikolija (archaic), Nikolina, Nikoleta
- Slovak: Nikola, Nikoleta
- Slovene: Nika
- Spanish: Nicolasa, Nicoleta, Nicole
People known as Nicholas
Single name (rulers, popes, patriarch and antipopes)
- Antipope Nicholas V
- Nicholas I of Russia
- Nicholas II of Russia
- Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš (1840–1921) King of Montenegro
- Patriarchs of Constantinople, of which the best known are Nicholas Mystikos and Nicholas III Grammatikos
- Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903–1978)
- Pope Nicholas I
- Pope Nicholas II
- Pope Nicholas III
- Pope Nicholas IV
- Pope Nicholas V
Given (first) name
- Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade (1927–2013), Ghanaian judge, Attorney General of Ghana from 1969 to 1971
- Nicholas Alipui, UNICEF's director of programmes
- Nicholas Allard (born 1952), American Dean and President of Brooklyn Law School
- Nicholas Ansell, Australian footballer
- Nicholas Bacon (disambiguation), several people
- Nicholas Bayard (1644–1707), American official
- Nicholas Bayard (theologian), Dominican theologian
- Nicholas Bett (1992–2018), Kenyan hurdler
- Nicholas Braun (born 1988), American actor
- Nicholas Briggs (born 1961), British actor, voice of the Daleks on Doctor Who
- Nicholas Caldwell (1944–2016), American R&B singer, original member of The Whispers
- Nicholas "Nick" Cannon (born 1980), American actor, comedian, rapper, and radio/television personality
- Nicholas A. Christakis (born 1962), American sociologist and physician
- Nicholas "Nick" Chubb, American football player
- Nicholas Clapp, American writer, film-maker, and amateur archaeologist
- Nicholas "Nick" Clegg (born 1967), British politician
- Nicholas Courtney (1929–2011), British actor known for playing the Brigadier, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, in Doctor Who
- Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464), German philosopher, theologian, jurist, and astronomer
- Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe (1719–1794), Sri Lankan Maha Mudaliyar
- Nicholas "Nick" Drake (1948–1974), English singer-songwriter and musician
- Nicholas "Nick" Ephgrave, British senior police officer
- Nicholas Fernando (1932–2020), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Colombo from 1977 to 2002
- Nicholas "Nick" Frost (born 1970), British comedian, actor and screenwriter
- Nicholas "Nick" Fuentes (born 1998), American right-wing political commentator
- Nicholas Hoult (born 1989), English actor and model
- Nicholas Scott Lachey (born 1973), American singer, songwriter, actor, producer, and television personality
- Nicholas Lash (1934–2020), British theologian
- Nicholas Markowitz (1984–2000), American murder victim
- Nicholas Megura (1920–1988), American flying ace during World War II
- Nicholas D. Miller (born 1990), American DJ known professionally as Illenium
- Nicholas Mosley (1923–2017), British novelist and aristocrat
- Nicholas Nahas (born 1946), Lebanese businessman and politician
- Nicholas Negroponte (born 1943), Greek American computer scientist and architect
- Nicholas Patrick (born 1964), British-American engineer and astronaut
- Nicholas Pegg, British actor, director and writer
- Nicholas Pertuit (born 1983), American football player
- Nicholas Petit-Frere (born 1999), American football player
- Nicholas "Nick" Jay Rickles (born 1990), American baseball player
- Nick Robinson (disambiguation), several people, including Nicholas and Nicky
- Nicholas Sparks (politician) (1794–1862), American politician
- Nicholas Sparks (born 1965), American novelist, screenwriter
- Nicholas Tatambuka (born 1985), Ugandan singer and dancer known as Nick Nola
- Nicholas Tse (born 1980), Hong Kong singer and actor
- Nicholas Winton (1909–2015), British humanitarian, nicknamed the British Schindler
- Nicholas Wrigley (born 1955), British merchant banker
Nobility
- Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), Emperor of Russia
- Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), Emperor of Russia
- Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, son of George I of Greece
Saints
- Saint Nicholas The Duc Bui, one of the Vietnamese Martyrs
- Saint Nicholas of Flüe
- Saint Nicholas of Japan
- Saint Nicholas of Myra, also known as Sinterklaas or Santa Claus
- Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
- Saint Nicholas of Russia (Nicholas II of Russia)
Surname
- Bob Nicholas (born 1957), American politician
- Cyril Nicholas (1898–1961), Sri Lankan Burgher army captain, civil servant, and forester
- Edward Nicholas (1593–1699), English politician
- Fred Nicholas (1893–1962), British cricketer
- George Nicholas (1754–1799), American law professor, son of Robert C. Nicholas Sr.
- George Nicholas (footballer) (born 1992)
- Harry Nicholas (1905–1997), British trade unionist
- John Nicholas (academic), 17th-century Oxford administrator
- John Nicholas (congressman) (1764–1819), American lawyer and politician, father of Robert C. Nicholas
- John Nicholas (judge), Australian judge
- John Nicholas (of Chepstow), 17th-century English politician
- John Spangler Nicholas (1895–1963), American embryologist
- Nick St. Nicholas (born 1943), musician
- Paul Nicholas (born 1944), English actor and singer
- Phil Nicholas (born 1955), American politician
- Philip Nicholas (1876–1952), Welsh rugby player
- Robert C. Nicholas (New York politician) (1801–1851), American politician
- Robert Carter Nicholas, Sr. (1728–1780), American lawyer and politician
- Robert Carter Nicholas (1793–1857), American planter and politician
- Samuel Nicholas (1744–1790), the first American Marine officer and commandant
- Thomas Nicholas (disambiguation), several people
- William H. Nicholas (1892–1984), American politician
- Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761–1820), American banker and politician
- The Nicholas Brothers, American tap dancers:
- Fayard Nicholas (1914–2006)
- Harold Nicholas (1921–2000)
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Nicholas
- All pages with titles containing Nicholas
- Nick (short form)
- Nicky (nickname)
- Nicholaus
- Nicolas (disambiguation)
References
- ^ νίκη. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
- ^ a b λαός in Liddell and Scott.
- ^ λᾶας in Liddell and Scott.
- ^ Thucydides. "2.67". History of the Peloponnesian War. At the Perseus Project digital library.
- ^ a b "Nicholas". Behind the Name.
- ^ "Nikolai". Nordic Names.
- ^ Makaleler. Turuk Dergisi.