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Given name · Japanese

ニコライ

ニコライ (Nikorai) is a masculine given name from Russian, ultimately from Danish. It is used in Japanese.

JapaneseWritten in Japanese kana script. In English: Nikorai.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

ニコライ comes from Russian, and ultimately from Danish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Russian Никола́й, from Danish Nikolai.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

ニコライ’s family of names

In Japanese usage, ニコライ was borrowed from the Danish form Nikolai. In Japanese usage, ニコライ can be written in the Roman alphabet as Nikorai. In Japanese usage, ニコライ has an alternative transcription in Nikorai.

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ニコライНиколаNikoraiNikolai

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Spellings & scripts 2

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Across languages 1

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