Given name & surname
Mikoláš
“of the victorious people”
Mikoláš is a form of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mikoláš is a form of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mikoláš is a form of Nicholas. An origin associated with Nicholas is Dutch.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech use, Mikoláš is used as a form of Nicholas.
The story
Mikoláš 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
Mikoláš’s family of names
Mikoláš shares a linguistic root with Nicholas. In Czech usage, Mikoláš has a conventional equivalent in the German form Nikolaus. Mikoláš is a form of Nicholas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Nicholascognate
- Nikolasequivalent
- NikolausGerman
- Mykolaequivalent
- Micholasequivalent
- Миколаequivalent
- Mikolaequivalent
- Mikołajequivalent
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People named Mikoláš
- Mikolas JosefCzech singer-songwriter and former modelborn 1995
- Mikoláš AlešCzech illustrator and painter (1852-1913)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Mikolaus
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Mickolaus
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Mikolus
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Mickolus
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Micolau
In Catalan use, Micolau is used as a variant of Nicolau.
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