Nicola (name)
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Template:Nicholas Nicola is a Latinised version of the Greek personal name Nikolaos (Νικόλαος), derived from Nikos meaning "victory", and laos meaning "people", therefore implying the meaning "Victory of the people". The English form of the same name is Nicholas. Nicola was a frequently given male personal name among the traditional Italian nobility, and was used often in the Middle Ages.[1]
In the UK and Germany, the male form Nicola has been used as a female name, which originally came from incorrectly presuming the name's vowel ending "a" was the female form, as has also occurred with the male given name Andrea. The female form of Nicola in Italian is Nicoletta. Less commonly, the name is spelled "Nichola" or "Nickola". Other forms of the female name in other languages include Nicole or Nicolette in French, Nikolett or Nikoletta in Hungarian.
The spelling Nikola is widely used in Slavic language speaking areas, reflecting the transliteration of the Cyrillic spelling Никола.
Name days
- 21 March and 10 September (Hungary)
- 29 August (Slovakia)
- 20 November (Czech Republic)
- 6 December, in line with Saint Nicholas (Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Latvia)
- 19 December, Saint Nikola (Serbia)
Given name
A–L
- Nicola Abbagnano (1901–1990), Italian existential philosopher
- Nicola Adams (born 1982), English boxer
- Nicola Amoruso (born 1974), Italian football player
- Nicola Asuni (born 1973), Italian sprinter
- Nicola Barr (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
- Nicola Benedetti (born 1987), Scottish classic violinist
- Nicola Berti (born 1967), Italian football player
- Nicola Best, British statistician
- Nicola Blackwood-Bate (born 1979), British politician
- Nicola Boem (born 1989), Italian road cyclist
- Nicola Bolger (born 1993), Australian football player
- Nicola Bombacci (1879–1945), Italian Marxist revolutionary
- Nicola Brogan, Northern Irish politician
- Nicola Brown (disambiguation)
- Nicola Calipari (1953–2005), Italian military intelligence officer with the rank of major general
- Nicola Conte, Italian DJ and producer
- Nicola Coughlan (born 1987), Irish actress
- Nicola Di Bari (born 1940), Italian singer-songwriter
- Nicola Docherty (born 1992), Scottish footballer
- Nicola Edgington (born 1980), British murderer
- Nicola Fairbrother (born 1970), British judoka
- Nicola Filippo (born 1957), American artist
- Nicola Gobbo, Australian lawyer
- Nicola Griffith (born 1960), British author
- Nicola de la Haie (died 1230), English landowner and military administrator
- Nicola Jackson (born 1984), British swimmer
- Nicola Jackson (artist) (born 1960), New Zealand artist
- Nicola King, fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
- Nicola Larini (born 1964), racing driver
- Nicola Legrottaglie (born 1976), Italian football player
- Nicola Luisotti (born 1961), Italian musician
M–Z
- Nicola Mendelsohn (born 1971), British advertising executive
- Nicola Pagett (born 1945), English actress
- Nicola Peltz (born 1995), American actress
- Nicola Philippaerts (born 1993), Belgian show jumping rider
- Nicola Pierce (born 1969), Irish writer and ghost writer
- Nicola Piovani (born 1946), classical musician
- Nicola Pisano (1220s–1284), Italian sculptor
- Nicola Pozzi (born 1986), Italian football player
- Nicola Rauti (born 2000), Italian football player
- Nicola Rescigno (1916–2008), Italian-American opera conductor
- Nicola Richards (born 1994), British politician
- Nicola Rizzoli (born 1971), Italian football referee
- Nicola Roberts (born 1985), British popstar, member of Girls Aloud
- Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (1920-1991), Russian-Italian operatic bass
- Nicola Rubinstein, fictional character on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
- Nicola Sacco (1891–1927), Italian-American anarchist ("Sacco and Vanzetti")
- Nicola Shulman (born 1960), British biographer
- Nicola Smith (born 1949), English bridge player
- Nicola Smith (footballer) (born 1980), New Zealand football player
- Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970), Leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party and the current First Minister of Scotland
- Nicola Tappenden (born 1982), British glamour model
- Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), inventor, engineer
- Nicola Walker (born 1970), British actress
- Nicola (Okanagan leader) (1780/85 – ~1865), important First Nations political figure in the fur trade era of British Columbia, Canada
Surname
- Carlos Nicola (born 1973), Uruguayan former footballer
- Davide Nicola (born 1973), Italian football manager and retired player
- Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959), Italian jurist, journalist, politician and provisional Head of State of republican Italy from 1946 to 1948
- Isaac Nicola (1916–1997), Cuban guitarist
- Lewis Nicola (1717–1807), Irish-American military officer during the American Revolutionary War, author of the Newburgh letter
- Marcelo Nicola (born 1971), Argentine-Italian basketball coach and retired player
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Nicola
- All pages with titles containing Nicola
- Nikola, given name
- Nicolae (name)
- Nicolai (given name)
- Nicolaj
- Nicolao
- Nicolas (given name)
- Nicolau
- Nicolau (surname)
- Nicolay (disambiguation)
- Nicole (disambiguation)
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References
- ^ The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints, compiled by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, 1275. First edition published 1470.