Given name
Mikolai
“of the victorious people”
Mikolai is a variant of Mikolas. In Basque use, Mikolas carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mikolai is a variant of Mikolas. In Basque use, Mikolas carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mikolai connects to the Nicholas name family through Mikolas. An origin associated with Nicholas is Dutch.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mikolai connects to the Nicholas name family through Mikolas. 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Mikolai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mikolai’s family of names
Mikolai has a related form in Mikolas.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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