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Миколай
“of the victorious people”
Миколай (Mykoláj) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Mikolaj.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Миколай is Mikolaj written in Cyrillic. Mikolaj is a variant of Mikolas. In Basque use, Mikolas carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Миколай developed from Νικόλαος.
Миколай’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Миколай shares a linguistic root with the Polish form Mikołaj. In Ukrainian usage, Миколай has a conventional equivalent in the German form Nikolaus. In Ukrainian usage, Миколай has a transliteration in Mikolaj.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Миколай has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Миколай comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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