Given name & surname
Nickolaus
“of the victorious people”
Nickolaus is a variant of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nickolaus is a variant of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nickolaus 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 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Nickolaus 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
Nickolaus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,795
- 1,795 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 72 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,315 as a first name in 2020; 255 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.
Nickolaus’s family of names
Nickolaus has a related form in Nicholas. In German usage, Nickolaus has a related form in Nikolaus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Nickolaus
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Nickolaus, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Nichols
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Nicko
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Nicanor
“a conqueror” · “of the victorious army”
>99% boys
Narciso
Narciso is a masculine given name. It is used in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
>99% boys
Nicklas
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Nicoli
“of the victorious people”
>99% boys
Qwenton
“the fifth-born child”
>99% boys
Myran
“refers to myrrh, a fragrant oil”
95% boys · 5% girls