Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Nikoloz 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 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nikoloz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 105
- 105 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,612 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,612 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nikoloz’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nikoloz
- Nikoloz BaratashviliGeorgian poet (1817-1844)
- Nikoloz BasilashviliGeorgian tennis playerborn 1992
- Nikoloz TskitishviliGeorgian basketball player (born 1983)
- Nikoloz SherazadishviliSpanish judokaborn 1996
- Nikoloz ShengelaiaSoviet film director, screenwriter (1903–1943)1901–1943
- Nikoloz IzoriaGeorgian boxerborn 1985
- Nikoloz MaliGeorgian association football playerborn 1999
- Nikoloz KakhelashviliItalian Greco-Roman wrestlerborn 1995
- Nikoloz CholokashviliGeorgian priest and politician1585–1658
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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