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Nickolus
How to Pronounce Nickolus
Pronounced NIK-uh-lus /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/Medium
Meaning: Nickolus is a phonetic respelling of Nicholas, from the Greek Nikolaos, joining nike, 'victory,' and laos, 'people,' so 'victory of the people.' The -olus ending spells the name as it sounds; the meaning is inherited directly from Nicholas.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Nickolus is a respelling of Nicholas, from the Greek Nikolaos, 'victory of the people,' the name of the fourth-century saint who inspired Santa Claus. Nicholas was among the most popular American boys' names of the 1980s and 1990s, and phonetic spellings like Nickolus followed alongside it. This version appears from around 1977, reaching a modest high in the late 1990s. It was always rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year even at its peak.
A boy named Nickolus from that stretch would be around thirty now, a contemporary of the many boys named Nicholas. The spelling stayed a personal variation and never rivaled the standard Nicholas, reading today as an of-its-era take on a classic name.
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What does the name Nickolus mean?
It is a respelling of Nicholas, from the Greek Nikolaos, joining 'victory' and 'people,' so 'victory of the people.'
How do you pronounce Nickolus?
It's said NIK-uh-lus /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/, three syllables, stress on the first, just like Nicholas.
Is Nickolus a boy or girl name?
Nickolus is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Nickolus?
It has always been rare, a respelling of Nicholas given to only a couple dozen boys a year even at its peak in the late nineties.