Nicola or Nichola is a Latinised version of the Greek personal name '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος), derived from the '' nikē'' meaning "victory", and ''laos'' meaning "people", therefore implying the meaning "victory of the people". Nicola is both a female and a male name, depending on cultural norms. Nicola was a frequently given male personal name among the traditional Italian nobility, and was used often in the

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Nikola Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montene ...

is widely used in Slavic language speaking areas, reflecting the transliteration of the

Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...

spelling Никола. The

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

form of the same name is

Nicholas Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...

, with

Nicolas Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

common in French and Spanish-speaking countries, and

Nicolau Nicolau is a Portuguese and Catalan given name, a variant of Nicholas. People known by this name include: *Nicolau Coelho, Portuguese explorer *Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, East-Timorese politician and national hero *Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, the f ...

in Portuguese-speaking countries. Nicola has been used as a female name since at least 1150 (the birth date of Lady

Nicola de la Haie Nicola de la Haie (born c. 1150; d. 1230), of Swaton in Lincolnshire, (also written de la Haye) was an English landowner and administrator who inherited from her father not only lands in both England and Normandy but also the post of hereditary c ...

) and continues as a contemporary female name in Germany, the British Isles and Scandinavia. Less commonly, the name is spelled "Nichola" or "Nickola". There are suggestions the feminization of the name came from incorrectly presuming the name's vowel ending "a" was the female form. The female form of Nicola in Italian is

Nicoletta Nicoletta is a surname and feminine given name derived from the Greek ''Nikolaos'', most often used in Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Nicoletta is also a surname. Given name * Nicoletta (singer), full name Nicoletta Grisoni, French singer, ...

. Other forms of the female name in other languages include

Nicole Nicole may refer to: People * Nicole (name) * Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor'' * Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977) * Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Euro ...

or Nicolette in

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

, ''Nikolett'' or ''Nikoletta'' in Hungarian, Νικολέττα or Νίκη in Greek. The

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

equivalent to Nicola stems from Victoria, meaning victory, and is Victoria in the female form, or

Victor The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

in the male form.

Name days

*21 March and 10 September (Hungary) *29 August (Slovakia) *20 November (Czech Republic) *6 December, in line with

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra, ; la, Sanctus Nicolaus (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-da ...

(Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia) *19 December, Saint Nikola (Serbia)

Given name: Nicola

A–L

Nicola Abbagnano Nicola Abbagnano (; 15 July 1901 – 9 September 1990) was an Italian existential philosopher. Life Nicola Abbagnano was born in Salerno on 15 July 1901. He was the first-born son of a middle-class professional family. His father was a practi ...

(1901–1990), Italian existential philosopher *

Nicola Adams Nicola Virginia Adams (born 26 October 1982) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2017 to 2019. She retired with an undefeated record and held the WBO female flyweight title in 2019. As an amateur, she became the first fe ...

(born 1982), English boxer *

Nicola Amoruso Nicola Amoruso (born 29 August 1974) is a former Italian footballer who played as a striker. An elegant, technically gifted, and agile forward, known for his delicate touch on the ball and use of feints, he usually played in a central role; h ...

(born 1974), Italian football player *

Nicola Asuni Nicola Asuni (born 4 January 1973, in Cagliari) is a former Italian sprinter. Biography Nicola Asuni won two medals with the national relay team at the International athletics competitions. Achievements National titles Nicola Asuni has won ...

(born 1973), Italian sprinter *

Nicola Barr Nicola Barr (born 13 June 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's competition. Early life Barr was born in Melbourne but spent most of her early years living outside of Australia ...

(born 1996), Australian rules footballer * Nicola Benedetti (born 1987), Scottish classic violinist * Nicola Berti (born 1967), Italian football player *

Nicola Best Nicola G. "Nicky" Best is a statistician known for her work on the deviance information criterion in Bayesian inference and as a developer of Bayesian inference using Gibbs sampling. She is a former professor of biostatistics and epidemiology ...

, British statistician *

Nicola Blackwood-Bate Nicola Blackwood, Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (born 16 October 1979) is a British politician of the Conservative Party. Baroness Blackwood was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford West and Abingdon from 2010 to 2017. She has also been k ...

(born 1979), British politician * Nicola Boem (born 1989), Italian road cyclist *

Nicola Bolger Nicola Marie Bolger (born 3 March 1993) is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Perth Glory in the Australian W-League. She previously played for Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcas ...

(born 1993), Australian football player *

Nicola Bombacci Nicola Bombacci (24 October 1879 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian Marxist revolutionary and later, a fascist politician. He began in the Italian Socialist Party as an opponent of the reformist wing and became a founding member of the Communist Pa ...

(1879–1945), Italian Marxist revolutionary *

Nicola Brogan Nicola Brogan MLA is a Sinn Féin politician who is a Member of the Legislative Assembly from West Tyrone in Northern Ireland. Biography Brogan is from Omagh in County Tyrone. Career Brogan worked in healthcare in County Tyrone before join ...

, Northern Irish politician *

Nicola Brown (disambiguation) Nicola Brown(e) may refer to: *Nicola Brown or Bupsi, singer from British series ''The X Factor'' *Nicola Brown, candidate in Wandsworth London Borough Council election, 2006 *Nicola Browne (born 1983) New Zealand cricketer See also *Nicole Brown ...

, several people *

Nicola Calipari Nicola Calipari (June 23, 1953March 4, 2005) was an Italian major general and SISMI military intelligence officer. Calipari was accidentally killed by American soldiers while escorting a recently released Italian hostage, journalist Giuliana Sg ...

(1953–2005), Italian military intelligence officer with the rank of major general *

Nicola Conte Nicola Conte is an Italian DJ, producer, guitarist, and bandleader, known initially for introducing an innovative style of acid jazz that incorporates bossa nova themes, melodies drawn from Italian film scores of the 1960s, easy listening theme ...

, Italian DJ and producer *

Nicola Coughlan Nicola Mary Coughlan (born 9 January 1987) is an Irish actress. She is known for her roles as Clare Devlin in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Derry Girls'' (2018–2022) and Penelope Featherington in the Netflix period drama ''Bridgerton'' (2020–presen ...

(born 1987), Irish actress * Nicola Di Bari (born 1940), Italian singer-songwriter *

Nicola Docherty Nicola Docherty (born 23 August 1992) is a Scottish international footballer who currently plays as a left sided defender for Rangers in the Scottish Women's Premier League. Career Docherty started playing with Falkirk Girls at the age of 1 ...

(born 1992), Scottish footballer * Nicola Edgington (born 1980), British murderer *

Nicola Fairbrother Nicola Kim Fairbrother MBE (born 14 May 1970) is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom, who competed at two Olympic Games. She holds the 7th Dan and is one of Britain's most prominent judoka. Judo career Fairbrother's first significant succe ...

(born 1970), British judoka *

Nicola Filippo Nicola Filippo (May 27, 1957) is an American pop art collage artist. Biography Nicola Filippo is the playfully baroque nom de guerre of Guy Ayres who was born in Peoria, Illinois 1957. Little is known of his early years; when interviewed abou ...

(born 1957), American artist * Nicola Glencross (born 1989), Scottish professional wrestler *

Nicola Gobbo Nicola Maree Gobbo, sometimes known as Nikki Gobbo, (born 16 November 1972) is an Australian former criminal defence barrister and police informant. Drug charge at law school In 1993, while she was a law student, police raided a house owned by ...

, Australian lawyer * Nicola Griffith (born 1960), British author *

(died 1230), English landowner and military administrator * Nicola Jackson (born 1984), British swimmer * Nicola Jackson (artist) (born 1960), New Zealand artist * Nicola King, fictional character on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' *

Nicola Larini Nicola Larini (born 19 March 1964) is an Italian racing driver. He participated in 75 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 6 September 1987. He finished second in the tragic 1994 San Marino Grand Prix on a substitute outing for Ferrari, but only ...

(born 1964), racing driver *

Nicola Legrottaglie Nicola Legrottaglie (; born 20 October 1976) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and most recently the manager of Delfino Pescara 1936. In a senior career that lasted two full decades, he amassed Serie A totals o ...

(born 1976), Italian football player *

Nicola Luisotti Nicola Luisotti (born 26 November 1961, in Viareggio, Italy) is an Italian conductor. He currently holds the title "Director Principal Invitado" (principal guest conductor) of Madrid's Teatro Real. Biography Luisotti grew up in Bargecchia. He ...

(born 1961), Italian musician

M–Z

Nicola Mendelsohn Nicola Mendelsohn CBE (née: Clyne; born 29 August 1971) is a British advertising executive. Active in the advertising industry since 1992, she was named vice-president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Facebook in June 2013. In 2021, N ...

(born 1971), British advertising executive *

Nicola McEwen Nicola McEwen, FRSE is professor of territorial politics at the University of Edinburgh, co-director of the Centre on Constitutional Change, and senior fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe. She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ...

FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This soci ...

professor of territorial

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

, Centre on Constitutional Change. *

Nicola Pagett Nicola Mary Pagett Scott (15 June 1945 – 3 March 2021), known professionally as Nicola Pagett, was a British actress, known for her role as Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s TV drama series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1971–1973), as well as being ...

(1945–2021), English actress * Nicola Peltz (born 1995), American actress * Nicola Philippaerts (born 1993), Belgian show jumping rider *

Nicola Pierce Nicola Pierce is an Irish writer and ghost writer. Life Born in Tallaght, Dublin, Nicola Pierce has worked and lived in Drogheda since 2011. Pierce attended the Presentation Schools in Terenure and got an Arts Modular degree from Universi ...

(born 1969), Irish writer and ghost writer *

Nicola Piovani Nicola Piovani (born 26 May 1946) is an Italian light-classical musician, theater and film score composer, and winner of the 1998 Best Original Dramatic Score Oscar for the score of the Roberto Benigni film ''La Vita è bella'', better known to ...

(born 1946), classical musician * Nicola Pisano (1220s–1284), Italian sculptor *

Nicola Pozzi Nicola Pozzi (born 30 June 1986) is an Italian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for San Donato. Club career Milan Signed by A.C. Milan from then-Serie C1 side Cesena in January 2004, he was successively loaned to Napo ...

(born 1986), Italian football player * Nicola Ann Raphael (1985–2001), Scottish schoolgirl who committed suicide *

Nicola Rauti Nicola Rauti (born 17 April 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Südtirol, on loan from Torino. Club career Torino Loan to Monza On 3 January 2020, Serie C side Monza announced the signing of Rauti on loa ...

(born 2000), Italian football player *

Nicola Rescigno Nicola Rescigno (May 28, 1916 – August 4, 2008) was an Italy, Italian-United States, American conductor (music), conductor, particularly associated with the Italian opera repertory. ''Opera News'' said that "Rescigno was a seminal figure in the ...

(1916–2008), Italian-American opera conductor *

Nicola Richards Nicola Faye Richards (born 19 December 1994) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich East since the 2019 general election. She is a member of the Conservative Party. Early life and career Rich ...

(born 1994), British politician * Nicola Rizzoli (born 1971), Italian football referee *

Nicola Roberts Nicola Maria Roberts (born 5 October 1985) is a British pop singer. She rose to prominence in late 2002 upon winning a place in Girls Aloud, a girl group created through ITV's '' Popstars: The Rivals''. The group's success helped them win the c ...

(born 1985), British popstar, member of Girls Aloud *

Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Nicola Rossi-LemeniHis father's last name was Rossi, but his mother wanted her family name added, "Rossi Lemeni" (without a hyphen). However, many publications and recordings hyphenate the name. (November 6, 1920 – March 12, 1991), was a ...

(1920-1991), Russian-Italian operatic bass *

Nicola Rubinstein ''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Kate Oates. The first notab ...

, fictional character on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *

Nicola Sacco Nicola Sacco (; April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (; June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrant anarchists who were controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a ...

(1891–1927), Italian-American anarchist ("Sacco and Vanzetti") *

Nicola Shulman Nicola Shulman Phipps Marchioness of Normanby (born 1960), is a British biographer, former model, and aristocrat. After her marriage in 1990 she has been known as Nicola Phipps, Marchioness of Normanby. Early life Nicola Shulman was born into a ...

(born 1960), British biographer *

Nicola Smith Nicola Patricia Smith MBE, née Gardener (born 28 April 1949), is a world champion English bridge player. She has many successes to her credit in more than 30 years of international competition, initially as Nicola Gardener. As of October 2017 s ...

(born 1949), English bridge player *

Nicola Smith (footballer) Nicola "Nicky" Smith (born 15 February 1980) is an association football player who represented New Zealand women's national football team, New Zealand. Smith made her New Zealand women's national football team, Football Ferns as a substitute in ...

(born 1980), New Zealand football player *

Nicola Sturgeon Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born 19 July 1970) is a Scottish politician serving as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since 2014. She is the first woman to hold either position. She has been a member of ...

(born 1970), Leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party and the current First Minister of Scotland *

Nicola Tappenden Nicola Tappenden (born 21st February 1982) is an English model and former Page 3 girl (credited under her modelling name Nicola T). She featured in the 2010 edition of ''Celebrity Big Brother'', where she was the sixth contestant evicted. Ear ...

(born 1982), British glamour model * Nicola Walker (born 1970), British actress *

Nicola Zalewski Nicola Zalewski (born 23 January 2002) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma. Born and raised in Italy to Polish parents, he plays for the Poland national team at international level. Club career ...

(born 2002), Polish football player *

Nicola (Okanagan leader) Nicola ( – ) ( Spokan: ''Hwistesmetxe'qen'', ''Walking Grizzly Bear''), also Nkwala or N'kwala, was an important First Nations political figure in the fur trade era of the British Columbia Interior (early 19th century to 1858) as well as into th ...

(1780/85 – ~1865), First Nations political figure in the fur trade era of British Columbia, Canada

Given name: Nichola

* Nichola (fool) (fl. 1560–1570), fool or jester to Mary, Queen of Scots *

Nichola Beck Nichola Louise Beck (born 1973) is a former English badminton international player and a former national champion. Biography Beck became an English national champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships women's doubles t ...

, English badminton player *

Nichola Bruce Nichola Bruce (born 1953) is a British avant garde film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and artist. Bruce uses an artistic approach to filmmaking alongside the use of digital technologies. Her use of digital film is accredited to the sp ...

(born 1953), British film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and artist * Nichola Burley (born 1986), British actress * Nichola Fryday (born 1995), Irish rugby player * Nichola Goddard (1980–2006), Canadian soldier *

Nichola Gutgold Nichola D. Gutgold (born 1964) is an American scholar and academic. She is the former associate dean of academics of the Schreyer Honors College, Penn State University and is a professor of communication arts and sciences. Previously she was an ...

(born 1964), American scholar and academic *

Nichola Holt ''Big Brother'', also retrospectively known as ''Big Brother 1'', was the first series of the British reality television series ''Big Brother (British TV series), Big Brother''. The show followed eleven contestants, known as housemates, who were ...

, contestant on Series 1 of the British TV show ''Big Brother'' * Nichola Hope, one of the British twin artists

Nichola and Sarah Hope Nichola Hope and Sarah Hope (born 1985) are Welsh artists. They have produced visual artwork documenting the Welsh National Opera and occasionally paint and draw live. Nichola was shortlisted for Wildlife Artist of the Year 2020, her watercolour ...

* Nichola Kane, broadcast journalist and producer working in Scotland *

Nichola Mallon Nichola Mallon (born 23 August 1979) is an Irish politician from Northern Ireland serving as Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) since 2017. She served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Belfast No ...

(born 1979), Northern Irish politician *

Nichola McAuliffe Nichola McAuliffe (born 1955) is an English television and stage actress and writer, best known for her role as Sheila Sabatini in the ITV hospital sitcom '' Surgical Spirit'' (1989–1995). She has also starred in several stage musicals and won ...

(born 1955), British television and stage actress and writer *

Nichola Pease Nichola Pease (born April 1961) is a British fund manager. According to The ''Sunday Times Rich List'' in 2019, Pease and her then husband Crispin Odey were worth £775 million. Early life Nichola Pease was born in April 1961. Her father, Sir ...

(born 1961), British fund manager * Nichola Raihani, British psychologist, professor at University College London *

Nichola Simpson Nichola Simpson (born 10 October 1956) is an athlete from Oxford, Great Britain. She competes in compound archery, and has reached a career high of 4th in the FITA world rankings (23 August 2008). Simpson is a member of Oxford Archers, and is ...

(born 1956), British archer *

Nichola Theobald Nichola Jane "Nikki" Theobald is an England, English film, television and voice-over actress, television presenter and fashion model. Career Theobald began her career in the modelling industry and appeared in a campaign for French Connection ...

, British film, television and voice-over actress, television presenter and fashion model

Surname

Carlos Nicola Carlos Daniel Nicola Jaumandreu (born 3 January 1973) is a Uruguayan former footballer. Club career Nicola had brief spells with San Lorenzo in the Primera División de Argentina and Atlético-PR in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Interna ...

(born 1973), Uruguayan former footballer * Davide Nicola (born 1973), Italian football manager and retired player * Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959), Italian jurist, journalist, politician and provisional Head of State of republican Italy from 1946 to 1948 *

Isaac Nicola Isaac Nicola Romero (11 April 1916 in Havana, Cuba – 14 July 1997) was a prominent Cuban guitarist and one of the founders of the modern Cuban Guitar School. He was also brother of Clara (Cuqui) Nicola. Academic formation Isaac Nicola bega ...

(1916–1997), Cuban guitarist *

James C. Nicola James C. Nicola is an American theatre director. From 1988 to 2022 he was the artistic director of the New York Theatre Workshop. Nicola was awarded a Special Tony Award at the 75th Tony Awards. References

Living people Place of bir ...

, American theatre director *

Lewis Nicola Lewis Nicola (1717 – August 9, 1807) was an Irish-born American military officer, merchant, and writer who held various military and civilian positions throughout his career. Nicola is most notable for authoring the Newburgh letter, which u ...

(1717–1807), Irish-American military officer during the American Revolutionary War, author of the Newburgh letter *

Marcelo Nicola Marcelo Patricio Nicola Virginio (born May 12, 1971) is an Argentine-Italian former professional basketball player and a current coach. A very versatile power forward, he was a regular member of the Argentine national basketball team, and compete ...

(born 1971), Argentine-Italian basketball coach and retired player

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