Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Nikolaas isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nikolaas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 7 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 boys is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2012.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nikolaas’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Nikolaas as a surname has an affectionate form in COOL. In Dutch usage, Nikolaas has a conventional equivalent in the German form Nikolaus. In German usage, Nikolaas as a surname has a related form in Nikolaus.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Nikolaas
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.