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Nikola

Nikola: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“victory of the people”
Origin
Slavic
Say it
nih-KOH-luh · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (84% of all uses)

South Slavic and other European form of Nicholas, from Greek Nikolaos. It is especially traditional in parts of the Balkans and Central Europe.

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How popular is Nikola?

202434.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Nikola in 2024114

2024 rank#1,592 boys

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 18803,992

Nikola has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Nikola

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Nicholasvictory of the people · Greek
  • Coleswarthy, coal-black · English
  • Nicolasvictory of the people · Greek
  • Nicovictory of the people · Greek
  • Colinyoung creature; cub · Scottish Gaelic
  • Colsonson of Cole · English
  • Collinpeople of victory · Greek
  • Nikolaivictory of the people · Russian

Nikola questions

What does the name Nikola mean?

Nikola means "victory of the people". It comes from Slavic. South Slavic and other European form of Nicholas, from Greek Nikolaos. It is especially traditional in parts of the Balkans and Central Europe.

Is Nikola a boy or girl name?

Nikola is mainly a boy's name in US records (84% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Nikola?

114 US babies were named Nikola in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Nikola?

Nikola is usually pronounced nih-KOH-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.