Given name & surname
Nickey
“of the victorious people”
Nickey is a variant of Nick. In English use, Nick carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Original GermanNicke
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nickey is a variant of Nick. In English use, Nick carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Nickey as a surname developed from NICKE.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nickey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,995
- 1,663 boys · 332 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 60 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 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 52 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,244 as a first name in 2020; 636 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.
Nickey’s family of names
In English usage, Nickey as a surname developed from the German form NICKE. Nickey has a related form in Nicole. Nickey has a related form in Nick.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
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