Given name & surname
Nikol
“of the victorious people”
Nikol is a variant of Nicole. In Greek use, Nicole carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Original FrenchNicole
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nikol is a variant of Nicole. In Greek use, Nicole carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nikol through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 885
- 0 boys · 885 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,293 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,293 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,101 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nikol’s family of names
Nikol has a related form in Nicole. In Czech usage, Nikol has a conventional equivalent in the French form Nicole. In Czech usage, Nikol has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nicola.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nikol has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Nikol comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- NicolaEnglish
- Nikiequivalent
- Nikolinaequivalent
- Nikolettaequivalent
- Nikoletaequivalent
- Νικολίτσαequivalent
- Νικολίναequivalent
- Nikolitsaequivalent
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People named Nikol
- Nikol PashinyanPrime Minister of Armenia since 2018born 1975
- Nikoleta KyriakopoulouGreek pole vaulterborn 1986
- Nikol Aghbalianhistorian (1875-1947)
- Nikol DumanArmenian fedayi (1867–1914)
- Nikol PłosajPolish cyclistborn 1996
- Nikol KučerováCzech freestyle skierborn 1989
- Nikol Ġużeppi CauchiCatholic bishop (1929–2010)
- Nikol GosvianiRussian figure skaterborn 1996
- Nikol TabačkováCzech athletics competitorborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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