Given name
Miklós
“of the victorious people”
Miklós is a form of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Miklós is a form of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Miklós is a form of Nicholas. An origin associated with Nicholas is Dutch.
Explained through its name family
The story
Miklós is a form of Nicholas. The history of Nicholas gives this family its wider story. Nicholas’s Christian associations include Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop of Myra in Lycia, about whom virtually nothing factual is known.
Explained through its name family
Miklós’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Miklós has a diminutive in Miki. Miklós shares a linguistic root with Nicholas. In Hungarian usage, Miklós has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Nicola.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Miklós has relatives in 7 languages.
10 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 38
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Nicholascognate · English
- Nicolasequivalent
- Nikolasequivalent
- Nikolaosequivalent
- NicolaItalian
- NikolausGerman
- Nilsequivalent
- Nielsequivalent
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- Nikolayequivalent
- Nikosequivalent
- Mykolaequivalent
- Nicolaasequivalent
- Nicolauequivalent
- Micholasequivalent
- Nicolaeequivalent
- Nikolajequivalent
- Nicolinoequivalent
- Nikolajusequivalent
- Nikolaoequivalent
- Nickelequivalent
- Николайequivalent
- Nicolòequivalent
- ΜικόλαGreek
- ΝικόλαοςGreek
- NicolásSpanish
- MikulášCzech
- Nikolajsequivalent
- Mikolášequivalent
- Nikulásequivalent
- Миколаequivalent
- Mikolaequivalent
- Mikołajequivalent
- Mikławšequivalent
- Nikolazequivalent
- Νίκοςequivalent
- Nicolaesequivalent
- Miklavžequivalent
- Niccolòequivalent
People named Miklós
- Miklós HorthyRegent of Hungary from 1920 to 1944 (1868-1957)
- Miklós RózsaHungarian-American composer (1907–1995)
- Miklós JancsóHungarian film director and screenwriter (1921–2014)
- Miklós FehérHungarian footballer (1979–2004)
- Miklós ZrínyiCroatian military commander (1620-1664)
- Miklós RadnótiHungarian Jewish Christian poet (1909–1944)
- Miklós NémethHungarian economist and politicianborn 1948
- Miklós Németh(1946–) Hungarian javelin thrower
- Miklós KállayHungarian politician (1887–1967)
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Similar names
If you love Miklós, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Miklas
“of the victorious people”
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Micklas
“of the victorious people”
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Mikulás
“of the victorious people”
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Mickolas
“of the victorious people”
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Mikolus
“of the victorious people”
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Mickolus
“of the victorious people”
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Mikolaus
“of the victorious people”
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Mickolaus
“of the victorious people”
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