Given name
Niccolò
“of the victorious people”
In Italian use, Niccolò has a related form in Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Niccolò has a related form in Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Niccolò has a related form in Nicholas. An origin associated with Nicholas is Dutch.
Explained through its name family
The story
In Italian use, Niccolò has a related form in 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
Niccolò’s family of names
In Italian usage, Niccolò shares a linguistic root with the Sicilian form Nicola. In Italian usage, Niccolò has a related form in Nicholas. In Italian usage, Niccolò has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nicholas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Niccolò has relatives in 6 languages.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Nicolasequivalent
- Nikolasequivalent
- Nikolaosequivalent
- NikolausGerman
- Nilsequivalent
- Nielsequivalent
- Nikolayequivalent
- Nikosequivalent
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- Mykolaequivalent
- Nicolaasequivalent
- Nicolauequivalent
- Nicolaeequivalent
- Nikolajequivalent
- Nicolinoequivalent
- Nikolajusequivalent
- Miklósequivalent
- Nickelequivalent
- Николайequivalent
- NicolásSpanish
- MikulášCzech
- Nikolajsequivalent
- Миколаequivalent
- Mikolaequivalent
- Mikołajequivalent
- Nikolazequivalent
- Νίκοςequivalent
- Nicolaesequivalent
- Miklavžequivalent
People named Niccolò
- Niccolò MachiavelliFlorentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
- Niccolò PaganiniItalian violinist and composer (1782–1840)
- Nicolo TartagliaItalian mathematician (1499–1557)
- Niccolò TommaseoItalian linguist (1802-1874)
- Niccolò PiccinniItalian composer1728–1800
- Niccolò dell'AbbateItalian painter1509–1571
- Niccolò AmmanitiItalian writer (1966)
- Niccolò de' ContiVenetian merchant1395–1469
- Niccolò JommelliItalian composer (1714–1774)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Niccolò, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Nicolo
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Nicolao
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Nikkolay
“of the victorious people”
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Nicolay
“of the victorious people”
77% boys · 23% girls
Nicolls
“of the victorious people”
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Niklos
“of the victorious people”
97% boys · 3% girls
Nickolas
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Nicklin
“of the victorious people”
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