Given name & surname
Nichole
“of the victorious people”
Nichole is a variant of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nichole is a variant of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nichole is a variant of Nicholas. 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 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Nichole is a variant of 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Nichole through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63,954
- 184 boys · 63,770 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 2,962 babies
- 2025
- 46
- #3,373 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 46 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,373 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 39.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,950 in 1985. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 55,220 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 46,100 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nichole’s family of names
In English usage, Nichole has a diminutive in Nikki. Nichole has a related form in Nicholas. Nichole has a related form in Nicole.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nichole
- Nichole AyersUS Air Force pilot and NASA astronautborn 1988
- Nichole SakuraAmerican actressborn 1989
- Nichole HiltzAmerican actressborn 1978
- Nichole M. DanzlAmerican astronomerborn 2000
- Nichole Marie CordovaAmerican singerborn 1988
- Nichole BannaNigerian actress and writerborn 1989
- Nichole GaliciaAmerican-Panamanian actressborn 1975
- Nichole DenbyNigerian-American hurdlerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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