Nicole is a feminine given name and a surname. The given name Nicole is a

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feminine derivative of the masculine given name Nicolas, which is of

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origin and has been formed as a compound of the words for "victory" and "people" (hence it may be interpreted as "victory of the people"). There are many variants. The spelling "Nicole" was anciently used as a man's name, e.g., Nicole Oresme.

People with the given name or variants

Music

* Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), known for "Ein bißchen Frieden" * Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977), pop and rock singer *

Nicole Cabell Nicole Cabell (born October 17, 1977) is an American opera singer. She is best known as the 2005 winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Cabell was born in Panorama City, California. Her grandfather, Luther Lanier, was the ...

(born 1977), American classical and opera singer * Nicole Dollanganger (born 1991), Canadian singer-songwriter * Nicole Jung (born 1991), Korean American singer, member of the band Kara *

Nicole C. Mullen Aileen Nicole Coleman-Mullen, known professionally as Nicole C. Mullen, (born January 3, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and choreographer. She was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. Music career While studying at Christ for the ...

(born 1967), American singer, songwriter, actress, and choreographer * Nicole Scherzinger (born 1978), American singer-songwriter, dancer, lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls * Nicole Theriault (born 1972), Thai pop singer * Nicole Wray (born 1979), American R&B singer * Nicole Zefanya (born 1999), Indonesian singer-songwriter

Literature

* Nicole Brossard (born 1943), French-Canadian formalist poet and novelist * Nicole Chung (born 1981), American writer * Nicole Krauss (born 1974), American writer * Nicole Markotic (born 1962), Canadian poet and novelist * Nicole Gale Anderson (born 1990), American actress * Nicole Blonsky (born 1988), American actress, singer, and dancer * Nicole de Boer (born 1970), Canadian actress *

Nicole DeHuff Nicole Renee DeHuff (January 6, 1975 – February 16, 2005) was an American actress. She is noted for role in the comedy movie ''Meet the Parents''. Early life DeHuff was born in Antlers, Oklahoma, and raised in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, an ...

(1975–2005), American actress * Nicole Eggert (born 1972), American actress * Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), American film and television director *

Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid act ...

(born 1967), Australian-American actress, singer and film producer * Nicole Maines (born 1997), American actress and transgender rights activist * Nicole Oliver (born 1970), Canadian actress *

Nicole Paggi Nicole Collier Paggi (born August 15, 1983) is an American actress. She is best known her role of Jennie Bradbury in the critically acclaimed FOX television series Pasadena, which was directed by Diane Keaton and created by Mike White. She also ...

(born 1977), American actress * Nicole Parker (born 1978), American actress and singer *

Nicole Ari Parker Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an American actress and model. She made her screen debut with a leading role in the critically acclaimed independent film '' The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love'' (1995) and went o ...

(born 1970), American actress and former model *

Nicole Polizzi Nicole Elizabeth LaValle (née Polizzi; born November 23, 1987), best known by her nickname Snooki, is an American reality television personality. She is best known for being a cast member of the MTV reality show ''Jersey Shore (TV series), J ...

(born 1987), American reality television star, former occasional professional wrestler *

Nicole Houston Reed Nicole Houston Reed (born May 17, 1988) is an American actress known for her portrayal of vampire Rosalie Hale in ''The Twilight Saga'' (2008–2012). She became known in 2003, after the release of the film '' Thirteen'', directed by Catherine ...

(born 1988), Best known as Nikki Reed American actress, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, and model * Nicole Steinwedell (born 1981), American actress * Nicole Sullivan (born 1970), American actress, comedian, and voice artist * Nicole Tubiola (born 1979), American actress * Nicol Williamson (1936–2011), British actor

Modelling

* Nicole Abe (安部ニコル) (born 1993), Japanese-Filipina gyaru

fashion model A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Thoug ...

* Nicole Borromeo (born 2000), Filipino model and beauty pageant titleholder * Nicole Cordoves (born 1992), Filipino model, host, and beauty pageant titleholder *

Nicole Dunsdon Nicole Dunsdon (born November 7, 1970) was the last person to win the Miss Canada competition before it was cancelled in 1992. Biography Dunsdon was born November 6, 1970. She is from Summerland, British Columbia. She graduated from Summerland S ...

(born 1970), the last person to win the

Miss Canada Miss Canada is a beauty pageant for young women in Canada. It was founded in Hamilton in 1946. No title was awarded from 1993 through 2008. The trademark was purchased in 2009 by a Québec organization who produces the pageant under the name t ...

competition * Nicole Faria (born 1990), Indian model * Nicole Fox (born 1991), model, winner of ''America's Next Top Model, Cycle 13'' * Nicole Linkletter (born 1986), American model, winner of ''America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5'' * Nicole Narain (born 1974), American model * Nicole Renee Taylor, also known as Niki Taylor (born 1975), American model *

Nicole Trunfio Nicole Trunfio (born 16 March 1986) is an Australian model. Early life Trunfio was born on 16 March 1986 in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia to father, Giuseppe and mother, Kim. She is the youngest of three siblings. Her father was of Ital ...

(born 1986), Australian model *

Nicole Whitehead The following women have appeared in the American or international edition of '' Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month. Those who were also named Playmate of the Year are highlighted in green. A common misconception is that Marilyn Monroe ...

(born 1980), American model

Sport

* Nicole Arendt (born 1969), American tennis player * Nicole Bass (1964–2017), American bodybuilder, actress, retired professional wrestler * Nicole Bates (born 1998), American softball player *

Nicole Bradtke Nicole Bradtke (née Provis) (born 22 September 1969) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. Bradtke won three singles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She reached the semifinals of the 1988 French Open, and won a bron ...

(born 1969), Australian former tennis player *

Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in any cyc ...

(born 1983), British cyclist *

Nicole Davis Nicole Marie Davis (born April 24, 1982) is a retired American indoor volleyball player and mindset coach at Compete To Create, founded by Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and high performance psychologist, Michael Gervais. Nicole last ...

(born 1982), American volleyball player *

Nicole den Dulk Nicole den Dulk (born 23 April 1980) is a Paralympic equestrian. She became paraplegic in 2013 after a riding accident. She competed at the 2016 Paralympic Games where she won a bronze medal in the team event alongside Frank Hosmar, Rixt van ...

(born 1980), Dutch Paralympic equestrian * Nicole Freedman (born 1972), American Olympic cyclist * Nicole Gibbs (born 1993), American tennis player * Nicole Haynes (born 1974), Canadian-American athlete *

Nicole Hetzer Nicole Hetzer (born February 18, 1979, in Leipzig, Saxony) is a retired female medley swimmer from Germany. Swimming career Hetzer competed twice for her native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux ...

(born 1979), German swimmer * Nicole Livingstone (born 1971), Australian swimmer * Nicole Muns-Jagerman (born 1967), Dutch tennis player *

Nicole Nadel Nicole Nadel (born 12 June 2000) is an Israeli tennis player. Nadel has a career-high Women's Tennis Association, WTA singles ranking of 707, achieved on 12 November 2018.

(born 2000), Israeli tennis player *

Nicole Pircio Nicole Pircio Nunes Duarte (born 24 July 2002) is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 and 2022 Pan American group all-around champion and the 2019 Pan American Games 3 hoops + 4 clubs champion. She won three gold medals at the 2018 Sou ...

(born 2002), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast * Nicole Powell (born 1982), American basketball player *

Nicole Pratt Nicole Pratt (born 5 March 1973) is a retired tennis player from Australia. Pratt was born in Mackay, Queensland. She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior pl ...

(born 1973), Australian former tennis player * Nicole Raczynski (born 1979), American professional wrestler and former TNA Knockout * Nicole Ross (born 1989), American Olympic foil fencer *

Nicole Schnyder-Benoit Nicole Schnyder-Benoit (born March 13, 1973 in Magglingen) is a retired professional beach volleyball player from Switzerland, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Partnering Simone Kuhn she claimed t ...

(born 1973), Swiss beach volleyball player *

Nicole Toomey Nicole Toomey (born 29 January 1995) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler. Bowls career In 2021 Toomey won the New Zealand national single bowls title and was also named Bowls New Zealand Emerging Player of the Year (Female). Toomey has ...

(born 2002), New Zealand international lawn bowler *

Nicole Tully Nicole Tully (née Schappert; born October 30, 1986) is an American middle- and long-distance runner. She holds best of 4:05.89 minutes for the 1500 meters and 15:05.58 minutes for the 5000 meters. She was the American national champion over th ...

(born 1986), American distance runner *

Nicole Uphoff Nicole Uphoff (born 25 January 1967) is a German equestrian who competes in the sport of dressage. She won four gold medals in individual and team competition at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. Riding her star horse, Rembrandt, Uphoff also wo ...

(born 1967), German equestrian * Nicole Vaidišová (born 1989), Czech tennis player

Other notables

* Nicole, Countess of Penthièvre (c. 1424–1480) *

Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine Nicole (3 October 1608 – 2 February 1657) was reigning Duchess of Lorraine and Bar from 1 August 1624 to 21 November 1625, and duchess consort of Lorraine in 1625–1634. She was born in Nancy, the daughter of Henry II, Duke of Lorraine and B ...

(1608–1657) * Nicole Abusharif (born 1980), American murderer convicted killing her lesbian partner Rebecca Klein * Nicole Brown Simpson (1959–1994), O.J. Simpson's murdered ex-wife * Nicole Diar, American murderer convicted of the arson murder of her son,

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ...

in 2003 * Nicole Dorsey, Canadian director and screenwriter * Nicole R. Fleetwood, professor of American Studies and Art History at Rutgers University *

Nicole Fontaine Nicole Fontaine (16 January 1942 – 17 May 2018) was a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France from 1984 until 2002 and from 2004 until 2009. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, ...

(1942–2018), French politician and Member of the European Parliament *

Nicole de Hauteclocque Nicole de Hauteclocque ( Nicole de Saint-Denis; 10 March 1913 – 18 January 1993) was a French Second World War resistance leader and politician who served in the National Assembly as the elected representative of Paris's 18th constituency betwe ...

(1913–1993), French resistance fighter and politician * Nicole van den Hurk (1980–1995), Dutch homicide victim *

Nicole Juteau Nicole Juteau (born September 22, 1954) is a retired Canadian law enforcement agent who, in 1975, became Quebec's first female police officer. She served with the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), Quebec's provincial police force, from 1975 to 2001. ...

(born 1954), Canadian police officer * Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723–1788), French astronomer * Nicole Miller (born 1952), American fashion designer *

Nicole Mones Nicole Mones (born 1952) is an American novelist and food writer. Biography As of March 2014 she has published four novels, including '' Lost in Translation'', which appeared in 1998, ''A Cup of Light'' (2002), and '' The Last Chinese Chef'', (2 ...

(born 1952), American novelist and food writer * Nicole Richie (born 1981), American socialite, reality television star, fashion designer, and actress * Nicole Stott (born 1962), American astronaut *

Nicole Tung Nicole Tung (born 1986) is a Hong Kong-born photojournalist. Tung is known for her coverage of conflicts and events, including the Syrian Civil War, the European refugee crisis and the Arab Spring. video by redfitz. Tung studied at New York Un ...

(born 1986), Hong Kong-born photojournalist * Nicole Wong, American vice president and deputy general counsel at Google

Surname

* Bruno Nicolè (1940–2019), Italian footballer * Pierre Nicole (1625–1695), French philosopher *

Jayde Nicole Jayde Nicole (born February 19, 1986) is a Canadian model and businesswoman. She was ''Playboy''′s Playmate of the Month for January 2007 and was named the 2008 Playmate of the Year in the June issue of the men's magazine. She is the first Can ...

(1986), Canadian model

Fictional characters

* Nico Collard, ''Broken Sword'' games *

Nicole (Dead or Alive character) The following is a list of characters from the ''Dead or Alive'' video game series, created by Tecmo and Team Ninja. Characters Main series Spin-off series ''Xtreme ''series Introduced in ''Dead or Alive'' Ayane Bass Armstrong V ...

* Nicole, a Canadian student on '' Kelas Internasional'' * Nicole, a doll featured in The

Groovy Girls Groovy Girls were a line of fashion dolls manufactured by the American toy company Manhattan Toy and launched in 1998. Each year new dolls were produced until 2019. History Groovy Girls launched in 1998 as a funky alternative to Barbie. Each do ...

line by Manhattan Toys * Nicole, played by Estelle Skornik, one half of advertising double act Papa & Nicole, who were the joint face of the Renault Clio in the 1990s * The titular character (played by Joan Collins) in TV series '' Mission: Impossibles third-season episode ''Nicole'' * NICOLE, sentient, hand-held computer and lynx in the ''

Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created by Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist. The main ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games are platformer ...

'' television series and comic books * Nicole, a character in the animated sitcom ''

Family Guy ''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show centers around the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their ...

'' *

Nicole Bristow This is a list of characters from the Nickelodeon comedy-drama ''Zoey 101'', an American television series which originally aired on Nickelodeon from January 9, 2005, until May 2, 2008. ''Zoey 101'' was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as ...

, a character in the Nickelodeon show ''Zoey 101'' * Nicole Chapman, a character from the television series '' Fame'', played by Nia Peeples * Nicole Diver, a leading character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel ''

Tender Is the Night ''Tender Is the Night'' is the fourth and final novel completed by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in French Riviera during the twilight of the Jazz Age, the 1934 novel chronicles the rise and fall of Dick Diver, a promising young ps ...

'' * Nicole Ingalls from '' The Work and the Glory'' * Nicole des Jardins Wakefield, in the sequels to '' Rendezvous with Rama'' * Nicole Maris, a character in the teen comedy film '' Drive Me Crazy'' (1999) * Nicole "Nikki" Maxwell, the main character of the '' Dork Diaries'' book series * Nicole "Niki" Smith, an alternate personality of the character

Victoria Lord Banks Victoria Lord is a fictional character and matriarch of the Lord family on the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'', played for over 41 years by six-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Erika Slezak. The character was created as one of ...

on the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Nicole Travis Drake Cavanaugh, a long running character in the crime/mystery serial '' The Edge of Night'' * Nicole Walker, a character on the American soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' *

Nicole Wallace ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', a spin-off of the crime drama ''Law & Order'', follows the detectives who work in the "Major Case Squad" of the New York City Police Department, a unit that focuses on high-profile cases (in most cases murder, jus ...

, a character on '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' played by actress Olivia d'Abo * Nicole Watterson, a character from the 2011 TV series '' The Amazing World of Gumball'' * Nicole "Nikki" Newman, a character on the America soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' * Nicole Rayleigh Haught, the out lesbian Sheriff of Purgatory in '' Wynonna Earp''

References

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