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Revision as of 06:18, 22 November 2006
Nicholas is a male given name.
Etymology and Origin
The male given name Nicholas is derived from the Greek Νικὀλαος, Nikolaos, a combination of the words for "victory" (nike) and "people" (laos). The name can be understood to mean victory of the people. The name became popular through Saint Nicholas of Myra, the inspiration for Father Christmas (known as Santa Claus in the USA). The normal English version of spelling "Nicholas", using an "h", is derived from one way of transliterating the diacritic on the 'o' of the original Greek word Νικόλαος. It is claimed to have first come into use in the 12th century and to have been firmly established by the time of the Reformation. Nonetheless, the spelling "Nicolas" without "h" is occasionally found in English speaking countries (e.g. Nicolas Cage). Nicholas is the 64th most common male name in the USA, comprising roughly 0.275% of the population, or 33,845 people.
Nicolas
Nicolas is an alternative spelling of Nicholas in English, and is also the standard French spelling of the name. It is also a surname in France. In addition it can also refer to:
- Le petit Nicolas, a series of children's books by René Goscinny about the life of an everyday little boy.
- Nicolas Cage, American actor
- Nicolas Rixon, English pop singer
- Prince Nicolas of Belgium, grandson of King Albert II
- Nicolas, a French chain of wine retailers
- Nicolas Akamas (Cypriot)very famous
Translations
- Armenian: Nikoghos
- Bulgarian: Никола (diminutive: Кольо), Николай (diminutive: Ники)
- Catalan: Nicolau, Micolau
- Croatian: Nikola
- Czech: Mikuláš
- Danish: Niels, Nikolaj, Nikolai, Nicolai
- Dutch: Nicolaas
- English: Nicholas, Nicolas, Nicol (medieval); diminutives: Nicky (male or female), Nicki (usually female), Nick (only male), Nikki (only female), Nic (usually when shortened from Nicolas or Nicole)
- Estonian: Niguliste
- Finnish: Niilo
- French: Nicolas (diminutive: Nico)
- German: Nikolaus (diminutive: Niki; Swiss diminutive: Niggi), Niklaus, Niklas
- Georgian: ნიკოლოზ (Nikoloz)
- Greek: Nikolaos/Νικόλαος (diminutive: Nikos/Νίκος)
- Hungarian: Miklós
- Icelandic: Nikulás
- Irish: Níoclas
- Italian: Nicola, Niccolò
- Latin: Nicolaus
- Norwegian: Nils
- Polish: Mikołaj; diminutive: Mikołajek, Mikuś
- Portuguese: Nicolau
- Romanian: Nicolae
- Russian: Николай (Nikolai) (diminutive: Коля)
- Scottish: Nicol (diminutives: Col, Colin)
- Scottish-Gaelic: Neacail
- Slovak: Mikuláš
- Serbian: Никола (Nikola)
- Spanish: Nicolás (diminutive: Nico)
- Swedish: Nils, Niklas
- Ukrainian: Микола (Mykola); diminutive: Місько (Mis’ko), кола (Kola)
Derived forms
- Croatian: Nikica, Nino, Ninoslav
- Dutch: Klaas, Claes, Nick, Niek, Nico
- Finnish: Launo
- German: Klaus
- Swedish: Klas, Nicklas
Female forms
- Bulgarian: Николина, Николета
- Croatian: Nikolina
- English: Nicole/Nichole/Nicolle, Nicola, Nicolette.
- French: Nicole, Nicolette
- German: Nicole
- Greek: Niki/Νίκη, Nikoleta/Νικολέτα
- Italian: Nicoletta
- Serbian: Nikolija (archaic), Nikolina, Nikoleta
- Spanish: Nicolasa, Nicola'
Famous persons with the name Nicholas
- Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus
- Nikola Tesla
- Nicholas I of Montenegro
- Nicholas I of Russia
- Nicholas II of Russia
- Nicholas of Cusa
- Nick Berg
- Niels Bohr
- Nicolas Cage
- Nicolae Ceauşescu
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Nick Evans
- Nick Faldo
- Nicholas Flamel
- Nicholas Gonzalez
- Nicholas Gross
- Miklós Horthy
- Nicky Jam
- Niki Lauda
- Nick Lachey
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- Nicolas Mahler
- Nick Nemeth
- Nicole Oresme
- Nicholas Tse
- Nicholas of Flue
- Nick Lowe
- Nick Palmquist
- Nicholas de Caveri, a Genoese (Genoa, Italy) cartographer (aka, mapmaker), drew the Caverio map in 1504 or 1505.
- Nicholas is also the name of five popes (Pope Nicholas I, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Nicholas III, Pope Nicholas IV, and Pope Nicholas V), Antipope Nicholas V and four Patriarchs of Constantinople
- Nicholas Breakspear, who became Pope Adrian IV
- "Old Nick" can be a euphemism for The Devil but is not short for Nicholas, it is more likely derived from the German word "Nickel" meaning a goblin.