Given name & surname
Nicolet
“of the victorious people”
Nicolet is a variant of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nicolet is a variant of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nicolet 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 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Nicolet 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
Nicolet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 0 boys · 109 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 13 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 6 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 244 as a first name in 2020; 482 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.
Nicolet’s family of names
Nicolet has a related form in Nicholas. In Dutch usage, Nicolet has a conventional equivalent in the German form Nicole.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Nicolet, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Nichole
“of the victorious people”
>99% girls
Nicoletta
“of the victorious people”
>99% girls
Nicholl
“of the victorious people”
>99% girls
Nicoll
“of the victorious people”
>99% girls
Nicki
“of the victorious people”
>99% girls
Tierney
“one who is regal; lordly”
>99% girls
Mavra
Mavra is used as a given name and a surname. Mavra is connected with Maura.
>99% girls
Lucresha
>99% girls