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Nicola

Nicola: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“victory of the people”
Origin
Greek
Say it
NIK-uh-luh · 3 syllables
Used for
Both (63% girls, 37% boys since 1880)

From Greek Nikolaos. Nicola is the standard masculine form in Italian and also used as a feminine form in English and some other languages.

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How popular is Nicola?

202415.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Nicola in 202450

2024 rank#3,329 boys

Peak year1972

Total US babies since 18808,047

Nicola is steady now but far below its 1972 peak.

Names like Nicola

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Angelmessenger · Greek
  • Phoenixdark red · Greek
  • Onyxclaw; black gemstone · Greek
  • Oceanocean, great sea · Greek
  • Parisuncertain meaning · Greek
  • Cleoglory · Greek
  • IndigoIndian dye, indigo blue · Greek
  • Psalmsacred song · Greek

Nicola questions

What does the name Nicola mean?

Nicola means "victory of the people". It comes from Greek. From Greek Nikolaos. Nicola is the standard masculine form in Italian and also used as a feminine form in English and some other languages.

Is Nicola a boy or girl name?

Nicola is used for both: about 63% of US babies named Nicola since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Nicola?

50 US babies were named Nicola in 2024. Its peak year was 1972.

How do you pronounce Nicola?

Nicola is usually pronounced NIK-uh-luh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.