Nicolas is a male first name. It is a Greek name of origin which, Nikólaos ( Νικόλαος ), which means “the victory of the people” (of nikê : victory and Laos : populate) and which owes its success with the great popularity of saint Nicolas de Myre (celebrated the December 6th and the May 9th), guard of the children, students, sailors, Lorraine and Russia.

Alternatives

  • German: Nikolaus
  • English: Breton Nicholas
  • : Nikolaz, Spanish Nikolazig
  • : Nicolás
  • French: Nicolas
  • Finnish: Greek Nikolaus
  • : Nikólaos (Νικόλαος), diminutive Níkos (Νίκος)
  • Hungarian: Miklós
  • Kabyle : Nabil
  • Dutch: Norwegian Nicolaas
  • : Nikolaus
  • Polish: Russian Mikołaj
  • : Николай (Nikolaï)
  • Slovak: Mikuláš
  • Swedish: Nikolaus

  • Diminutive French masculines: Nico, NIC, Colas (can also be a first name), Colin (idem), Colineau, Coliche, Koni, Nick, Coya.

  • Other diminutives: Klaus, Nick, Nicky, Nicolazic, Nicoulau, Nicolaos, Niel, the Nile, Niels, Nikolaï, Neculai, Niklas, Kolya.

  • French female Forms: Nicole, Nicolette.

  • Diminutive female French: Hill, Colette.

  • the French family names derived from Nicolas: Nicolier, Nicollier, Nicoulaz, Nicole, Nicole, Nicol, Nicola, Nicolaï, Nicolas, Nicolet, Nicollet, Nicolin, Nicollin, Nicoulin, Nicouleau, Nicolay, Nicollerat, Nicolérat, Niclasse, Niclass, Niclas, Niklès, Niklaus, Niklas, Colas, Hake, Klaes…

Popularity of the name

Success of the first name in France at the 20th century: The Nicolas first name is a particular success in France: it has been given there to more than one child out of 100 for more than thirty years (whereas many first names know shorter modes). Little given until the end the the Fifties, the Nicolas first name were in strong growth during the the Seventies to culminate in 1980 (a male birth on twenty). Its popularity dropped then while remaining high throughout the the Eighties and was a new success around 1994 (a boy on fifty). This success can be explained by the series of books of the adventures of the Petit Nicolas of Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé. Very the Net peak of popularity of this first name in 1979-1980 seems related to the success of the song of Sylvie Vartan Nicolas , in 1979 (“Nicolas, Nicolas, my first tear was only for you”). That is all the more plausible as a relative peak of popularity of this first name corresponds to the year of the success of the song Voici the Keys of Gerard Lenorman, in 1976 (leitmotiv: “And the birthday of Nicolas does not forget”). The renewal of popularity of 1994 could be due to Nicolas of the popular series of AB productions Helene and the boys whose Nicolas was the principal male character and " fiancé" of Helene.

Nicolas like name of anybody or first name

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Catholic and orthodoxe saints

  • Holy Nicolas de Myre (4th century), Archbishop. It is that which is famous with the Saint Nicolas's Day (December 6th),
  • Saint Nicolas Studite (868)

Orthodoxe saints

Catholic saints

Emperors

  • Nicolas I {{er}}, tsar of Russia
  • Nicolas II, Tsar of Russia

Popes

Other Nicolas

  • Nicolas, one of the first seven deacons of the church, which is at the origin of the " Nicolaïsme " .
  • Nicolas, duke of Lorraine, the house of Anjou
  • dom Nicolas Alexandre, doctor Benedictine (1654-1728)
  • Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France (2007 - always president)

Alternatives

Nicolas like family name

Character of fiction

Toponymy

  • Agios Nikolaos, town of Crete.
  • Saint Nicolas's Day: page of homonymy

Other uses of the name

  • Nicolas, trader specialist in the wine in Paris since 1822

See too

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