Nikola
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Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek Nikolaos (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia), while in West Slavic countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia) it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolja, Kolyo, and Kolyu.
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Vinony's link graph records 23 inbound references to Nikola, and connects out to Nikolai, Poland and Bulgaria.
It sits within the topics Bosnian masculine given names, Bulgarian masculine given names and Croatian masculine given names.
Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Nikola
- Given name.image
- Popularity of name Nikola.svg
- Given name.gender
- masculine (predominantly) and feminine
- Given name.meaning
- victory of the people
- Given name.region
- Eastern Europe
- Given name.language
- Slavic
- Given name.languageorigin
- Greek
- Given name.nickname
- Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu
- Given name.related names
- Miklos, Mikołaj, Mikuláš, Nicholas, Nicola, Nicolas, Nikolaos, Nicolau, Nicolay, Niccolò, Nikolay, Nikolaj, Nick, Nico, Nicolina, Nicole
- Given name.derived
- Nikolaos
- Given name.popularity
- Popular name
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- unisex given name
- Said to be same as
- Nikoline
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- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- N240
- Cologne phonetics
- 645
- native label
- Nikola
- language of work or name
- Bulgarian
- Caverphone
- NKL111
- name day
- December 6
- Commons category
- Nikola (given name)
- described by source
- Wiktionary
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek Nikolaos (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia), while in West Slavic countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia) it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolja, Kolyo, and Kolyu.
The spelling with a K, Nikola, usually indicates Slavic origin, while Nicola usually indicates Italian origin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nikola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.