Given name & surname
Mikołaj
“of the victorious people”
Mikołaj is a form of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mikołaj is a form of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mikołaj is a form of Nicholas. An origin associated with Nicholas is Dutch.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Mikołaj is used as a form of Nicholas.
The story
Mikołaj 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
Mikołaj’s family of names
In Polish usage, Mikołaj has a diminutive in KOLA. Mikołaj shares a linguistic root with Nicholas. In Polish usage, Mikołaj has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Nicolas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mikołaj has relatives in 9 languages.
12 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Nicholascognate · English
- NicolasPortuguese
- Nikolasequivalent
- Nikolaosequivalent
- NicolaItalian
- NikolausGerman
- Nilsequivalent
- Nielsequivalent
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- Nikolayequivalent
- Nikosequivalent
- Mykolaequivalent
- Nicolaasequivalent
- Nicolaeequivalent
- Nikolajequivalent
- Micholasequivalent
- NicolauPortuguese
- Nikolajusequivalent
- Νίκοςequivalent
- Nikolazequivalent
- Miklavžequivalent
- Niccolòequivalent
- Miklósequivalent
- Nickelequivalent
- НиколайRussian
- Миколайcognate · Ukrainian
- NícolasPortuguese
- NicolásSpanish
- MikulášCzech
- Mikolášequivalent
- Миколаequivalent
- Mikolaequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mikołaj
- Mikołaj RejPolish poet and prose writer, politician and musician of the Renaissance (1505-1569)
- Mikołaj Radziwiłł the BlackLithuanian noble (1515-1565)
- Mikołaj Hussowczykpriest and Latin-language poet1470–1533
- Mikołaj Sęp SzarzyńskiPolish poet1550–1581
- Mikołaj Kruszewskilinguist (1851-1887)
- Mikołaj GomółkaPolish composer1535–1609
- Mikołaj PotockiPolish noble1595–1651
- Mikołaj ZieleńskiPolish composer and organist1550–1615
- Mikołaj BołtućPolish general (1893–1939)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Mikołaj, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Mickolas
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Micolau
In Catalan use, Micolau is used as a variant of Nicolau.
>99% boys
Mikolaus
“of the victorious people”
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Mickolaus
“of the victorious people”
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Mikulás
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Mikolus
“of the victorious people”
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Mickolus
“of the victorious people”
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Miklas
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys