Nicole (name)

Nicole

Pronunciation	/nɪˈkoʊl/ ni-KOHL
Gender	Feminine
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	"victory of the people"
Other names
Nickname(s)	Cole, Nicki, Nic, Nikki
Derived	Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), a combination of Greek words "Victory" (nikē) and "People" (laos)
Related names	Colette

Nicole is a feminine given name and a surname.

The given name Nicole is a French feminine derivative of the masculine given name Nicolas, which is of Greek origin and has been formed as a compound of the words for "victory" and "people" (hence it may be interpreted as "victory of the people"). There are many variants. The spelling "Nicole" was anciently used to refer to a male, e.g., Nicole Oresme.

People with the given name or variants

Music

• Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), known for "Ein bißchen Frieden"
• Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977), pop and rock singer
• Nicole Cabell (born 1977), American classical and opera singer
• Nicole Jung (born 1991), Korean American singer, member of the band Kara
• Nicole C. Mullen (born 1967), American singer, songwriter, actress, and choreographer
• Nicole Scherzinger (born 1978), American singer-songwriter, dancer, lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls
• Nicole Theriault (born 1972), Thai pop singer
• Nicole Wray (born 1979), American R&B singer

Literature

• Nicole Brossard (born 1943), French-Canadian formalist poet and novelist
• Nicole Chung (born 1981), American writer
• Nicole Krauss (born 1974), American writer
• Nicole Markotic (born 1962), Canadian poet and novelist

Television and film

• Nicole Aniston, a US porno actress
• Nicole Gale Anderson (born 1990), American actress
• Nicole Blonsky (born 1988), American actress, singer, and dancer
• Nicole de Boer (born 1970), Canadian actress
• Nicole DeHuff (1975-2005), American actress
• Nicole Eggert (born 1972), American actress
• Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), American film and television director
• Nicole Kidman (born 1967), Australian-American actress, singer and film producer
• Nicole Paggi (born 1977), American actress
• Nicole Parker (born 1978), American actress and singer
• Nicole Ari Parker (born 1970), American actress and former model
• Nicole Polizzi (born 1987), American reality television star, former occasional professional wrestler, and former WWE Diva
• Nicole Houston Reed (born 1988), Best known as Nikki Reed American actress, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, and model
• Nicole Steinwedell (born 1981), American actress
• Nicole Sullivan (born 1970), American actress, comedian, and voice artist
• Nicole Tubiola (born 1979), American actress
• Nicol Williamson (1936-2011), British actor

Modelling

• Nicole Abe (安部ニコル) (born 1993), Japanese-Filipina gyaru fashion model
• Nicole Dunsdon (born 1970), the last person to win the Miss Canada competition
• Nicole Fox (born 1991), model, winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 13
• Nicole Linkletter (born 1986), American model, winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5
• Nicole Narain (born 1974), American model
• Nicole Renee Taylor, also known as Niki Taylor (born 1975), American model
• Nicole Trunfio (born 1986), Australian model
• Nicole Whitehead (born 1980), American model

Sport

• Nicole Arendt (born 1969), American tennis player
• Nicole Bass (1964-2017), American bodybuilder, actress, retired professional wrestler
• Nicole Bradtke (born 1969), Australian former tennis player
• Nicole Cooke (born 1983), British cyclist
• Nicole Davis (born 1982), American volleyball player
• Nicole den Dulk (born 1980), Dutch Paralympic equestrian
• Nicole Freedman (born 1972), American Olympic cyclist
• Nicole Gibbs (born 1993), American tennis player
• Nicole Haynes (born 1974), Canadian-American athlete
• Nicole Hetzer (born 1979), German swimmer
• Nicole Livingstone (born 1971), Australian swimmer
• Nicole Muns-Jagerman (born 1967), Dutch tennis player
• Nicole Nadel (born 2000), Israeli tennis player
• Nicole Pircio (born 2002), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
• Nicole Powell (born 1982), American basketball player
• Nicole Pratt (born 1973), Bradtke's Australian compatriot and former tennis player
• Nicole Raczynski (born 1979), American professional wrestler and former TNA Knockout
• Nicole Schnyder-Benoit (born 1973), Swiss beach volleyball player
• Nicole Tully (born 1986), American distance runner
• Nicole Uphoff (born 1967), German equestrian
• Nicole Vaidišová (born 1989), Czech tennis player

Other notables

• Nicole, Countess of Penthièvre (c. 1424–1480)
• Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608–1657)
• Nicole Abusharif (born 1980), American murderer convicted killing her lesbian partner Rebecca Klein
• Nicole Brown Simpson (1959-1994), O.J. Simpson's murdered ex-wife
• Nicole Diar, American murderer convicted of the arson murder of her son, Jacob in 2003
• Nicole Fontaine (1942-2018), French politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Nicole van den Hurk (1980-1995), Dutch homicide victim
• Nicole Junkermann, German entrepreneur and investor
• Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723-1788), French astronomer
• Nicole Miller (born 1952), American fashion designer
• Nicole Richie (born 1981), American socialite, reality television star, fashion designer, and actress
• Nicole Stott (born 1962), American astronaut
• Nicole Wong, American vice president and deputy general counsel at Google
• Nicole Pashinyan (born 1975), Armenian politician

Surname

Nicole

Pronunciation	ni-KOHL
Origin
Word/name	Netherlands
Meaning	"victorious people"
Region of origin	Netherlands
Other names
Variant form(s)	Nicolai, Nicola, Nicolarts, Nicolas, Nicolay, Nicolau

• Pierre Nicole (1625–1695), French philosopher
• Jayde Nicole (1986), Canadian model

Fictional characters

• Nico Collard, Broken Sword games
• Nicole (Dead or Alive character)
• Nicole, a Canadian student on Kelas Internasional
• Nicole, a doll featured in The Groovy Girls line by Manhattan Toys
• Nicole, played by Estelle Skornik, one half of advertising double act Papa & Nicole, who were the joint face of the Renault Clio in the 1990s
• The titular character (played by Joan Collins) in TV series Mission: Impossible's third-season episode Nicole
• NICOLE, sentient, hand-held computer and lynx in the Sonic the Hedgehog television series and comic books
• Nicole, a character in the animated sitcom Family Guy
• Nicole Bristow, a character in the Nickelodeon show Zoey 101
• Nicole Chapman, a character from the television series Fame, played by Nia Peeples
• Nicole Diver, a leading character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel Tender Is the Night
• Nicole Ingalls from The Work and the Glory
• Nicole des Jardins Wakefield, in the sequels to Rendezvous with Rama
• Nicole Maris, a character in the teem comedy film Drive Me Crazy (1999)
• Nicole "Niki" Smith, an alternate personality of the character Victoria Lord Banks on the American soap opera One Life to Live
• Nicole Travis Drake Cavanaugh, a long running character in the crime/mystery serial The Edge of Night
• Nicole Walker, a character on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Nicole Wallace, a character on Law & Order: Criminal Intent played by actress Olivia d'Abo
• Nicole Watterson, a character from the 2011 program The Amazing World of Gumball
• Nicole "Nikki" Newman, a character on the America soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Nicole Rayleigh Haught, the out lesbian Sheriff of Purgatory in Wynonna Earp

See also

• Miklós
• Mikołaj
• Mikuláš (disambiguation)
• Nic
• Niccolò
• Nicholas
• Nichole
• Nicholle
• Nick (disambiguation)
• Nicki
• Nickie (disambiguation)
• Nicky
• Nicola (disambiguation)
• Nicolae (disambiguation)
• Nicolai (disambiguation)
• Nicolas (disambiguation)
• Nicolau
• Nicolaus
• Nicoletta
• Nicolette (disambiguation)
• Nicolle
• Niels
• Nike (mythology)
• Niki (disambiguation)
• Nikki (disambiguation)
• Niklaus (disambiguation)
• Nikola
• Nikolais
• Nikolaj
• Nikolaos
• Nikolay (disambiguation)