Given name & surname
Nicolette
“of the victorious people”
Nicolette is a variant of Nicole. In Greek use, Nicole carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Original FrenchColette
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nicolette is a variant of Nicole. In Greek use, Nicole carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Nicolette is a diminutive of Nicole. In French usage, Nicolette is a feminine form of Nicolas.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nicolette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17,134
- 5 boys · 17,129 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 821 babies
- 2025
- 118
- #1,729 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 118 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,729 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 821 in 1994. In 2025, California and New Jersey shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (15 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,753 as a first name in 2020; 436 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.
Nicolette’s family of names
In French usage, Nicolette is a diminutive of Nicole. In French usage, Nicolette is a feminine form of Nicolas. In English usage, Nicolette has a conventional equivalent in the German form Nikoletta.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nicolette has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nicolette
- Nicolette KrebitzGerman actress and film directorborn 1972
- Nicolette LarsonAmerican singer (1952–1997)
- Nicolette HellemansDutch rowerborn 1961
- Nicolette van DamDutch actressborn 1984
- Nicolette BruiningDutch theologian (1886–1963)
- Nicolette FernandesGuyanese squash playerborn 1983
- Nicolette KluijverDutch television personborn 1984
- Nicolette BirdIndian actress
- Nicolette HenniqueFrench poet1882–1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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