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Nicholas name meaning

“victory of the people”

Letters
8
Syllables
3
First letter
N
Origin
Greek
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2000s: 11.2%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s10.5%
2000s11.2%
2010s–

Meaning victoryGreek origin

Nicholas is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning 'victory of the people'.

What does Nicholas mean?

Victory of the people

In Malay: kemenangan rakyat

#Victory

Sources (1)

About the name Nicholas

Nicholas comes from the Greek name Nikolaos, combining nike ('victory') and laos ('people'). It spread widely through Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop from Anatolia. In Malaysia, Nicholas is used as a Western name. JPN records show it peaking in the 2000s with 1,605 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginGreek
SyllablesNich-o-las

Nicholas in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
Boy: 998 · 10.5%
2000s
Boy: 1,605 · 11.2%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Nicholas as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Nicholas · behindthename.com · meaning

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