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This article is about the given name. For the truck manufacturer, see Nikola Motor Company. For the German TV show, see Nikola (TV series).
Nikola
GenderFeminine or Masculine
Language(s)Slavic
Origin
Word/nameGreek
Meaningvictory of the people (from Nikolaos)
Region of originSoutheastern Europe
Other names
Nickname(s)Niko
DerivedNikolaos
Related namesMiklos, Mikołaj, Mikuláš, Nicholas, Nicola, Nicolas, Nikolaos, Nicolau, Nicolay, Niccolò, Nikolay, Nikolaj, Nick, Nico, Nicolina, Nicole
Popularitysee popular names
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Template:Nicholas Nikola (Cyrillic: Никола, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [nǐkola]) is a unisex given name, derived from Greek Nikolaos (Νικόλαος), common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. Besides the name "Nikola", in Macedonia there is a name "Nikolče" (Николче), which is a diminutive of the name "Nikola". In Poland, it is used as a female name, as is done with Nicola in the UK and Germany.

People

Fictional characters

  • Doctor Nikola, a fictional supervillain in works of Guy Boothby
  • Nikola, a Call of Duty zombie character.

See also

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