Given name & surname
Nic
“of the victorious people”
In English use, Nic is a diminutive of Nicole. In Greek use, Nicole carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Nic is a diminutive of Nicole. In Greek use, Nicole carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Nic is a diminutive of Nicole. In Norman usage, Nic is a diminutive of Nicolas.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nic through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 77 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 10 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,328 as a first name in 2020; 173 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nic’s family of names
In English usage, Nic is a diminutive of Nicole. Nic has a related form in Nick. In French usage, Nic is a diminutive of Nicolas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nic has relatives in 5 languages.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nic
- Nic PizzolattoAmerican writerborn 1975
- Nic ClaxtonAmerican basketball playerborn 1999
- Nic FinkAmerican swimmerborn 1993
- Nic WaalNorwegian Righteous Among the Nations1905–1960
- Nic Balthazarbroadcast personality, film director (born 1964)
- Nic PetanCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1995
- Nic DowdAmerican ice hockey playerborn 1990
- Nic KerdilesAmerican ice hockey player1994–2023
- Nic PotterBritish musician and painter (1951–2013)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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