Nicola or Nichola is a Latinised version of the

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Nikolaos Nikolaos ( el, Νικόλαος, ') is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη '' nikē'' 'victory' and λαός laos' 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The Englis ...

'' (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, Mo ...

is widely used in

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speaking areas, reflecting the transliteration of the Cyrillic spelling Никола. The English 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 Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and it ...

, with Nicolas common in French and Spanish-speaking countries, and Nicolau 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. Other forms of the female name in other languages include Nicole 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 equivalent to Nicola stems from Victoria, meaning victory, and is Victoria in the female form, or Victor 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 Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-day De ...

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

Given name: Nicola

A–L

* Nicola Abbagnano (1901–1990), Italian existential philosopher * Nicola Adams (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 (born 1996), Australian rules footballer * Nicola Benedetti (born 1987), Scottish classic violinist * Nicola Berti (born 1967), Italian football player * Nicola Best, 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, 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 (1953–2005), Italian military intelligence officer with the rank of major general * Nicola Conte, Italian DJ and producer * Nicola Coughlan (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, 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 (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 (born 1961), Italian musician

M–Z

* Nicola Mendelsohn (born 1971), British advertising executive * Nicola McEwen,

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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 stud ...

at the University of Edinburgh, Centre on Constitutional Change. * Nicola Pagett (1945–2021), English actress * Nicola Peltz (born 1995), American actress * Nicola Philippaerts (born 1993), Belgian show jumping rider * Nicola Pierce (born 1969), Irish writer and ghost writer * Nicola Piovani (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 Nicola may refer to: People * Nicola (name), including a list of people with the given name or, less commonly, the surname **Nicola (artist) or Nicoleta Alexandru, singer who represented Romania at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest * Nicola people ...

(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 (1916–2008), Italian-American opera conductor * Nicola Richards (born 1994), British politician * Nicola Rizzoli (born 1971), Italian football referee * Nicola Roberts (born 1985), British popstar, member of Girls Aloud * Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (1920-1991), Russian-Italian operatic bass * Nicola Rubinstein, fictional character on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Nicola Sacco (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 (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 (born 2002), Polish football player * Nicola (Okanagan leader) (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 (born 1979), Northern Irish politician * Nichola McAuliffe (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 (born 1956), British archer * Nichola Theobald, 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 beg ...

(1916–1997), Cuban guitarist * James C. Nicola, American theatre director * Lewis Nicola (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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