Nicholas

English

Alternative forms

• Nicolas
• Nickolas, Nikolas (usually of non-English origin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), from νίκη (nikē, “victory”) + λαός (laos, “people”)

Proper noun

Nicholas (plural Nicholases)

1. A male given name. Best known for a legendary St. Nicholas, associated with Father Christmas.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 1: Act II, Scene I:

     Sirrah, if they meet not with Saint Nicholas' clerks, I'll give thee this neck.

   • 1871–72, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter 53

     I must call you Nick - we always did call you young Nick when we knew you meant to marry the old widow. Some said you had a handsome family likeness to old Nick, but that was your mother's fault, calling you Nicholas. Aren't you glad to see me again?

2. A patronymic surname.

Related terms

• Santa Claus
• male given names:Colin, Claus, Klaus, Nichol, Nicol
• pet forms:Nick, Nicky, Nico
• female given names: Colette, Nicola, Nicole, Nicki, Nikki

surnames

Coales Cole Coles Colin Coll Collard Colle Collen Collet Collett Collin Colling Collinge Collings Collins Collinson Collis Collison Colls Collyns Colson Coules Coulson Cowles Cowling Nichol Nicholds

Nicholl Nicholls Nichols Nicholson Nickalls Nickel Nickell Nickells Nickels Nickerson Nickisson Nickle Nickless Nicklin Nickolds Nickolls Nickols Nicks Nickson Nicol Nicolas Nicoll Nicolls Nicolson Nix Nixon Nixson

Translations

male given name

• Albanian: Nikolla (sq), Nishi (sq)
• Arabic: نقولا (ar)
• Armenian: Նիկողայոս (hy) (Nikoġayos), Նիկողոս (hy) (Nikoġos)
• Basque: Nikolas (eu)
• Belarusian: Мікалай (be) (Mikalai) m
• Bulgarian: Никола (bg) (Nikola), Николай (bg) (Nikolaj)
• Catalan: Nicolau (ca), Micolau (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼克拉 (cmn) (Níkèlā) (transliteration)

• Czech: Mikuláš (cs) m, Mikoláš (cs), Nikola (cs) m
• Danish: Niels (da), Niklas (da)
• Dutch: Nicolaas (nl)
• Esperanto: Nikolao (eo)
• Finnish: Niilo (fi), Niko (fi)
• French: Nicolas (fr)
• Galician: Nicolau (gl)
• Georgian: ნიკოლოზ (ka) (Nikoloz)
• German: Nikolaus (de), Klaus (de)
• Greek: Νικόλαος (el) (Nikolaos)
• Hungarian: Miklós (hu)
• Icelandic: Nikulás (is)
• Irish: Nioclás (ga)
• Italian: Nicola (it), Niccolò (it)
• Japanese: (transliteration) ニコラス (ja) (Nikorasu)

• Korean: 니콜라스 (ko) (Nikolaseu)
• Latin: Nicolaus (la)
• Latvian: Nikolajs (lv)
• Lithuanian: Mikalojus (lt), Mikas (lt)
• Low German: Nickel (nds), Klaas (nds)
• Luxembourgish: Nicolas (lb)
• Macedonian: Никола (mk) (Níkola)
• Northern Sami: Niillas
• Norwegian: Nils (no)
• Polish: Mikołaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: Nicolau (pt)
• Romanian: Nicolae (ro)
• Russian: Николай (ru) (Nikolaj) m (Nikolái) (cognate), Николас (ru) (Nikolas) m (Níkolas) (transliteration)
• Scottish Gaelic: Nicol (gd), Neacail (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Никола (sh), Нико (sh)

  Roman: Nikola (sh), Niko (sh)

• Slovak: Mikuláš (sk) m
• Slovene: Mikávž (sl) m, Nikoláj (sl) m
• Spanish: Nicolás (es)
• Swahili: Nikolau (sw)
• Swedish: Nils (sv), Nikolaus (sv)
• Thai: นิโคลัส (th)
• Ukrainian: Микола (uk) (Mykola), old style: Миколай (uk) (Mykolai)