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Nikolaos

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

First element (Niko-): (see NIK)

Greek nike = 'victory'

Last element (-laos):

Greek laós = 'people'

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Nicholao ♂
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Nicholaus ♂
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Nickolaus ♂
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Nicol ♂
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Nicola ♂
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Nihkul ♂
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Nikola ♂
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Nikolaos ♂
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Nikolaus ♂
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Nycolaus ♂
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See also

For female forms see Nicola

Further Information

Nikolaos is a name used among immigrants from Greece, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 15 people were named Nikolaos (percentage of first or only given name: 73 %) [7]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[8]
797 907 0 0 797 907
Denmark Denmark[9]
148
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 148
n.a.
Finland Finland[10]
n.a.
 256 0 0
n.a.
 256
Iceland Iceland[11]
3 4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[12]
129
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 129
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[13]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Nikolaos.


References

  1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  4. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  6. ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1990
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  11. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  12. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  13. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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