Nicky is a diminutive form of the name
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 ...
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Nicola and
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 ...
, occasionally used as a given name in its own right. It can also be used as a diminutive of
Dominic
Dominic is a name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans as a male given name. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Domini ...
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People
Sports
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Nicky Adams
Nicholas William Adams (born 16 October 1986) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a winger and wing back for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Radcliffe F.C., Radcliffe. Although he was born in England, h ...
(born 1986), English-born Welsh footballer
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Nicky Boje
Nico Boje ( ; born 20 March 1973) is a South African former cricketer who played in 43 Tests, 115 One Day Internationals and single Twenty20 International for South Africa.
Boje was a member of Africa XI team for 2005 Afro-Asia Cup. He is the ...
(born 1973), South African cricketer
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Nicky Butt
Nicholas Butt (born 21 January 1975) is an English football coach and former player who was most recently the head of first-team development at Manchester United. He is also a co-owner and chief executive officer of Salford City.
He played prof ...
(born 1975), English former footballer
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Nicky Forster
Nicholas Michael Forster (born 8 September 1973) is a former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of Staines Town. Forster has also been player-manager at Brentford and manager of Dover Athletic.
Football career
Early y ...
(born 1973), English football manager and former player
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Nicky Grist
Nicky Grist (born 1 November 1961) is a Welsh former rally co-driver, born in Ebbw Vale. His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1993 to 2002. He won 21 rallies with more than one driver.
Grist's first WRC win was i ...
(born 1961), Welsh former rally co-driver
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Nicky Hayden
Nicholas Patrick Hayden (July 30, 1981 May 22, 2017), nicknamed "The Kentucky Kid", was an American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006. Hayden began racing motorcycles at a young age. He began his roa ...
(1981–2017), American motorcycle racer
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Nicky Law (footballer born 1961)
Nicholas Law (born 8 September 1961) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who is the Head of Youth Recruitment at Premier League side Burnley.
He previously played as a defender notably for Barnsley, Rotherham Un ...
, English football manager and former player
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Nicky Law (footballer born 1988)
Nicholas Alexander Law (born 29 March 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL Championship. He is the son of football manager and former player Nicky Law, Sr.
Law began his career ...
, English midfielder; son of the above
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Nicky Little
Nicky Tyrone Little (born 13 September 1976) in Tokoroa, New Zealand, is a rugby union footballer. He plays at fly-half. He is a nephew of All Blacks centre Walter Little, but represents Fiji at international level.
Career
He has scored 652 p ...
(born 1976), New Zealand rugby union footballer
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Nicky Maynard
Nicholas David Maynard (born 11 December 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Macclesfield.
He began his career at Crewe Alexandra, following over a decade in the club's Academy, and scored on his senior debu ...
(born 1986), English footballer
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Nicky Rackard
Nicholas Rackard (28 April 1922 – 10 April 1976) was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Wexford senior team spanned seventeen years from 1940 to 1957. He established many championship scoring records, including bein ...
(1922–1976), Irish hurler
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Nicky Robinson (rugby union)
Nicholas John Robinson (born 3 January 1982 in Cardiff) is a former Wales international rugby union player who played at fly-half.
He is the younger brother of Jamie Robinson. Both were educated at Ysgol Glantaf which has educated several Wa ...
(born 1982), Welsh rugby union footballer
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Nicky Shorey
Nicholas Robert Shorey (born 19 February 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back or a defensive midfielder.
After beginning his career at Leyton Orient, Shorey moved to Reading in 2001, where he made just un ...
(born 1981), English footballer
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Nicky Summerbee
Nicholas Summerbee (born 26 August 1971) is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit and commentator.
He notably played in the Premier League for Swindon Town, Manchester City and Sunderland, as well as in the Footb ...
(born 1971), English former footballer
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Nicky Weaver (born 1979), English football goalkeeper
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Nicky Winmar
Neil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar (born 25 September 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his career for and the in the Australian Football League (AFL), as well as in the West Australian Football League.
Growing up in ...
(born 1965), former Australian rules footballer
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Dolph Ziggler
Nicholas Theodore Nemeth (born July 27, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and stand-up comedian. He is currently signed to WWE under the ring name Dolph Ziggler, where he performs on the Raw brand.
After a prolific career in amateur ...
(born 1980), professional wrestler with Nicky as one of his ring names
Music
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Nicky Astria
Nicky Nastiti Karya Dewi (born October 18, 1967), better known by her stage name Nicky Astria, is an Indonesian musician.
Born in Bandung, West Java, to a schoolteacher and his musician wife, Astria began singing in 1975 while the family was stati ...
(born 1967), Indonesian rock singer
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Nicky da B
Nickesse Trimaine Toney (March 13, 1990 – September 2, 2014), known by his stage name Nicky Da B, was an American rapper specializing in the regional genre of bounce music. He released an album in 2012 titled ''Please Don't Forget Da B,'' and ...
(1990–2014), American rapper specializing in the regional genre of bounce music
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Nicky Byrne
Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne Jr. (born 9 October 1978) is an Irish pop singer, songwriter and radio and television presenter, best known for being a member of the pop group Westlife; he is the band's oldest member. Westlife has since relea ...
(born 1978), singer and member of Irish pop group Westlife
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Nicky Chinn
Nicholas Barry Chinn (born 16 May 1945) is an English-American songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several international number- ...
(born 1945), British songwriter and record producer
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Nicky Hopkins
Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. Hopkins performed on many popular and enduring British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, most notably ...
(1944–1994), English pianist and organist
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Nicky Jam
Nick Rivera Caminero (born March 17, 1981), known professionally as Nicky Jam, is an American singer and actor. He is best known for hits such as " X", " Travesuras", "En la Cama", "Te Busco", "El Perdón", "Hasta el Amanecer", and "El Amante"; ...
(born 1980), stage name of reggaeton artist Nick Rivera Caminero
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Nicky Mehta
Nicky Mehta is a mezzo singer-songwriter, and member of Canadian folk trio The Wailin' Jennys.
Early life
Before fully entering into a life of music, Mehta attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario where she attained an honours degree ...
, Canadian singer and songwriter
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Nicky Nola
Nicholas Tatambuka (born July 1985), better known by his stage names Nick Nola and Nicky Nola, is a Ugandan R&B singer-songwriter and dancer who came to prominence as a member of the musical group Hip Hop Canvas. Signed to Platinum Records, the ...
(born 1985), Ugandan singer and dancer
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Nicky Romero
Nick Rotteveel (; born January 6, 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero or Monocule, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Amerongen, Utrecht Province. He has worked with, and received support from DJs, such as Tiësto, Fedde le ...
(born 1989), Dutch DJ and Music Producer
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Nicky Ryan
Nicholas Dominick Ryan (born 14 July 1946) is an Irish music producer, recording engineer, and manager. He is best known as the longtime business and recording partner for the singer, songwriter and musician Enya alongside his wife, poet and lyri ...
(born 1949), Irish music producer, recording engineer and manager
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Nicky Thomas (born 1949), Jamaican reggae singer
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Nicky Wire
Nicholas Allen Jones (born 20 January 1969), known as Nicky Wire, is a Welsh musician and songwriter, best known as lyricist, bassist and secondary vocalist of the Welsh alternative rock band, Manic Street Preachers.
Prior to the group, Wire s ...
(born 1969), Welsh lyricist, bassist and occasional vocalist
Other
* Tsar
Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pola ...
(1868–1918), called "Nicky" by Kaiser Wilhelm II and King George V
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Nicky Arnstein
Julius Wilford "Nicky" Arnstein (born Arndstein; July 1, 1879October 2, 1965) was an American professional gambler and con artist. He was known primarily as Julius Arnold, but among his aliases were "Jules Arndtsteyn", "Nick Arnold," "Nicholas A ...
(1879–1965), American professional gambler and con artist, best known as the second husband of Fanny Bruce
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Nicky Best, British statistician
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Nicky Campbell
Nicholas Andrew Argyll Campbell, OBE (born Nicholas Lackey, 10 April 1961) is a Scottish broadcaster and journalist. He has worked in television and radio since 1981 and as a network presenter with BBC Radio since 1987.
Early life
Campbell wa ...
(born 1961), Scottish radio and television presenter and journalist
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Nicky Case
Nicky Case is a genderqueer Canadian indie game developer best known for developing video games such as '' Coming Out Simulator'' and '' Parable of the Polygons'', both released in 2014. Case's most recent game, ''Adventures with Anxiety'' was r ...
, Canadian game developer
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Nicky Cruz
Nicky Cruz (born December 6, 1938) is a Puerto Rican Christian evangelist, the founder of Nicky Cruz Outreach, an evangelistic Christian ministry. He was also once the director of Teen Challenge, serving under David Wilkerson before founding ano ...
(born 1938), Christian evangelist and former gang leader
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Nicky Gavron
Felicia Nicolette C. Gavron (born November 1941)
is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London to Ken Livingstone from 2000 to 2003 and 2004 to 2008. She was a member of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2021 and was the former ...
(born 1941), British politician, Deputy Mayor of London (2000-2003, 2004-2008), and member of the London Assembly
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Nicky Gumbel
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel (born 1955), known as Nicky Gumbel, is an English Anglican priest and author in the evangelical and charismatic traditions. He is known as the developer of the Alpha Course, a basic introduction to Christianity supp ...
(born 1955), Anglican priest and author
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Nicky Henson (1945–2019), English actor
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Conrad Hilton, Jr. (1926–1969), American socialite and businessman; grand-uncle of Nicky Hilton
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Nicky Hilton
Nicholai Olivia Rothschild ( Hilton, October 5, 1983) is an American socialite, fashion designer and model. She is a member of the Hilton family by birth, and a member of the Rothschild family through her marriage to James Rothschild, a grands ...
(born 1983), American socialite, heiress and fashion designer, sister of Paris Hilton
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Nicky Katt
Nicky Katt (born May 11, 1971) is an American actor. Katt often plays unsympathetic characters, such as an irascible motorhead in ''Dazed and Confused,'' an ill-fated white supremacist child rapist in ''A Time to Kill'', and an embittered bu ...
(born 1970), American actor
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Nicky Jones
Nicholas Payne Jones (born July 16, 1996) is an American former child actor. He is best known for voicing the title character in '' Chowder'' (2007-2010).
Early life
Jones was born on July 16, 1996 in Houston, Texas to Dallas Jones and Terri Yv ...
(born 1996), American kid actor
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Nicky Morgan
Nicola Ann Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Cotes, (; born 10 October 1972) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities from 2014 to 2016 and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, ...
(born 1972), British Member of Parliament (MP), former Education Secretary (2014-2016)
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Nicky Verstappen
Nicky is a diminutive form of the name Nicholas, Nicola and Nicole, occasionally used as a given name in its own right. It can also be used as a diminutive of Dominic. It may refer to:
People Sports
* Nicky Adams (born 1986), English-born We ...
(1987–1998), Dutch victim of homicide
Fictional characters
* Nicky, hero of the film ''
Little Nicky
''Little Nicky'' is a 2000 American fantasy comedy film directed by Steven Brill, written by Brill, Adam Sandler, and Tim Herlihy, and starring Sandler in the title role, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., an ...
'', played by Adam Sandler
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Nicky (''Avenue Q''), in the Broadway musical ''Avenue Q''
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Nick Tilsley
Nick Tilsley (also Platt) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. He was born off screen during an episode broadcast on 31 December 1980, but made his first appearance on 5 January 1981. He was played b ...
, originally called Nicky, in the soap opera ''Coronation Street''
* The title character of the movie ''
Nicky Deuce''
* Nicky Katsopolis, a character from
Full House
''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for ABC. The show is about widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend Joey Gladstone to help raise his three dau ...
* Nicky Pearson, a character on
This Is Us
''This Is Us'' is an American family drama television series that aired on NBC from September 20, 2016, to May 24, 2022. The series follows the lives and families of two parents, and their three children, in several different time frames. It s ...
* Nicky Spurgeon, a character from ''
Focus
Focus, or its plural form foci may refer to:
Arts
* Focus or Focus Festival, former name of the Adelaide Fringe arts festival in South Australia Film
*''Focus'', a 1962 TV film starring James Whitmore
* ''Focus'' (2001 film), a 2001 film based ...
'', played by Will Smith
* Nicky, a character in the ''
Geronimo Stilton
''Geronimo Stilton'' is an Italian children's chapter book series written by Elisabetta Dami under the pen name of the title character. Scholastic Corporation has published the English version of the series in the US since February 2004, and t ...
'' book series
See also
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Nickey (disambiguation) Nickey may refer to:
* Nickey (name), people with the given name or nickname Nickey
* Nickey Chevrolet, American car dealership
* Nickey line, former English railway
See also
* Nicki
* Nikky Nikky is a nickname. Notable subjects known by this nic ...
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Nickie (disambiguation) Nickie may refer to:
People
Nickie is a given name and nickname. Given name
*Nickie Antonio (born 1955), American politician
Nickname
*Nickie Hall (born 1959), American gridiron football player
*Nickie Quaid (born 1989), Irish hurler
Surname
*Ow ...
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Nicki Nicki is a given name, and may refer to:
Film and television
* Nicki Aycox (1975-2022), American actress best known for her roles as Syl on the series ''Dark Angel'' and Stella Vessey on the dramedy ''Ed''
* Nicki Chapman (born 1967), English tel ...
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Nikky Nikky is a nickname. Notable subjects known by this nickname include the following:
Nickname
*Nikky Finney (born Lynn Carol Finney, 1957), American poet
*A person called Nikky He.
*Alexa Periperi
Fictional character
*Nikky Ferris, lead character ...
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