Given name
Nichola
“of the victorious people”
Nichola is a variant of Nicole. In Greek use, Nicole carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nichola is a variant of Nicole. In Greek use, Nicole carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nichola through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 991
- 127 boys · 864 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 42 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 girls is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,584 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.
Nichola’s family of names
In English usage, Nichola has a diminutive in Nikki. Nichola has a related form in Nicole. In English usage, Nichola has a conventional equivalent in the German form Nicole.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nichola
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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