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Nicole name meaning

“victory of the people (via Nicholas)”

Letters
6
Syllables
2
First letter
N
Origin
Greek · European
Category
Western Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 2000s: 9.5%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s9.5%
2010s–

Meaning victoryGreek origin

Nicole is a girl's name, the French feminine form of Nicholas, meaning 'victory of the people'.

What does Nicole mean?

Victory of the people (via Nicholas)

In Malay: kemenangan rakyat (melalui Nicholas)

#Victory

Sources (2)

About the name Nicole

Nicole is the French feminine form of Nicholas, from Greek nike ('victory') and laos ('people'). It has been common in the English-speaking world since the mid-20th century. JPN records show it peaking in the 2000s with 1,379 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginGreek, European
SyllablesNi-cole

Nicole 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
not in the top 10
2000s
Girl: 1,379 · 9.5%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Nicole 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: Nicole · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Nicholas · behindthename.com · meaning

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