Given name & surname
Mikolaj
“of the victorious people”
Mikolaj is a variant of Mikolas. In Basque use, Mikolas carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mikolaj 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
Mikolaj 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 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mikolaj 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
Mikolaj through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 253
- 253 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,761 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,761 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 412 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mikolaj’s family of names
Mikolaj has a related form in Mikolas. In Ukrainian usage, Mikolaj is a transliteration of Миколай.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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