Given name & surname
Nickolas
“of the victorious people”
Nickolas is a variant of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nickolas is a variant of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nickolas 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 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Nickolas 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
Nickolas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39,403
- 39,356 boys · 47 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 1,156 babies
- 2025
- 118
- #1,498 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 118 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,498 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 44.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,156 in 1998. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (20). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 27,186 as a first name in 2020; 481 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.
Nickolas’s family of names
Nickolas has a related form in Nicholas. In English usage, Nickolas has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Nicola. In English usage, Nickolas has a conventional equivalent in the German form Nikolaus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nickolas has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nickolas
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Nickolas, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Nikolas
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Nicolas
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Nicklas
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Nicko
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Nicoli
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Quentin
“the fifth-born child”
>99% boys
Nicholaus
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Collin
“high” · “of the victorious people”
99% boys · 1% girls