given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
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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 ...
, 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, Montenegro, Serbia), while in West Slavic countries ( Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia) it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu.
The spelling with K, Nikola, reflects romanization of the Cyrillic spelling, while Nicola reflects Italian usage.
Statistics
*Serbia: male name. 5th most popular in 2011, 1st in 2001, 1st in 1991, 5th in 1981, 9th pre-1940.
*Croatia: male name. 32,304 (2011).
*Bosnia and Herzegovina: male name.
*Bulgaria: male name.
* North Macedonia: male name.
*Czech Republic: 22,567 females and 740 males (2002).
*Poland: female name.
*Slovakia: female name.
People with the name
Arts
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Nikola Avramov
Nikola Vasilev Avramov ( bg, Никола Василев Аврамов) (21 May 1897 – 15 June 1945) was a Bulgarian painter. He was born on 21 May 1897 in Yambol and died on 15 June 1945 in Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ...
Nikola Nešković
Nikola Nešković (c. 1729 – 1785) was a Serbian religious painter of the 18th century. He is the author of over a thousand works, including many icons, frescos, and portraits. He is the grandfather of Jovan Sterija Popović.
Biography
Neško ...
Nikola Kołodziejczyk
Nikola Kołodziejczyk (born 1986 in Krakow) is a Polish jazz pianist, composer, arranger and conductor.
Kołodziejczyk graduated from and is a former faculty member of the Academy of Music in Katowice.Vlgdrag or monk Nikola (d. 1327), Serbian nobleman
* Nikola Altomanović (fl. 1371–73), Serbian prince
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Nikola Skobaljić
Nikola Skobaljić ( sr-cyr, Никола Скобаљић; died November 16, 1454) was a mid 15th-century Serbian Voivode of Dubočica (region around Leskovac, Southern Serbia), during the rule of despot Đurađ Branković (1427–1456). He was ...
Nikola Ljubičić
Nikola Ljubičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Љубичић; 4 April 1916 – 13 April 2005) was the President of the Presidency of Serbia (1982–1984), a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1984–198 ...
Nikola Šećeroski Nikola Šećeroski ( sr-cyr, Никола Шећероски; 1934–2008) was a candidate for the Serbian Presidency, running in December 1990 as an independent.
Early life
He was born in 1934 to a Macedonian Serb family in Radožda, a village on ...
Nikola Moravčević Nikola Moravčević ( sr-cyr, Никола Моравчевић, also rendered as Nicholas Moravcevich, born December 10, 1935) is a Serbian-American literary historian, literary critic, academic and novelist. Born and educated in Yugoslavia, he mov ...
, Serbian academic
* Nikola Obreshkov, Bulgarian mathematician
* Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American inventor and mechanical engineer
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Nikola Moushmov
Nikola Moushmov (14 May 1869 – 31 January 1942) ( bg, Никола Мушмов) was a noted Bulgarian
Bulgarian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian ...
Nikola Jakšić
Nikola Jakšić ( sr-cyr, Никола Јакшић; born 17 January 1997) is a Serbian water polo player for VK Novi Beograd. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Serbia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is tal ...
, Serbian water polo player, Olympic champion
* Nikola Jerkan, Croatian footballer
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Nikola Jokić
Nikola Jokić ( sr-cyr, Никола Јокић, (); born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays the center position. A four-time NBA All-Sta ...
Nikola Katić
Nikola Katić (; born 10 October 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Zürich.
Club career Early career
Katić started his football career in 2001 at HNK Stolac in his native Stolac, before moving on to ...
Nikola Kovačević
Nikola Kovačević ( sr-cyrl, Никола Ковачевић) (born 14 February 1983) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and French club Saint Nazaire VB, bronze medalist of the World Championshi ...
, Serbian volleyball player
* Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
* Nikola Kuljača, Serbian waterpolo goalkeeper
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Nikola Lazetić
Nikola Lazetić (; born 9 February 1978) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a winger.
Club career
Born in Titova Mitrovica, Lazetić started out at his hometown club Trepča. He was later discovered by Tomislav Milićević who broug ...
, Serbian footballer
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Nikola Lončar
Nikola Lončar ( Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Лончар; born May 31, 1972) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He also holds Spanish citizenship.
Professional career
Lončar started his career at Partizan, making his profe ...
Nikola Mirotić
Nikola Mirotić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Миротић; born 11 February 1991) is a Montenegrin-Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. The power forward is a four-time All-EuroLeague Team memb ...
, Spanish basketball player of Montenegrin descent
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Nikola Nikezić
Nikola Nikezić ( cyrl, Никола Никезић, ; born 13 June 1981) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer.
Club career
He also played for Domžale and Gorica in the Slovenian PrvaLiga and FK Budućnost Podgorica and FK Sutjeska ...
, Montenegrin footballer
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Nikola Nikić
Nikola Nikić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Никић, ; born 7 January 1956) is a Bosnian former footballer and current manager of NK Bratstvo Gračanica in the First League of FBiH.
Playing career
Nikić, born to father Ilija and mother Radojka ...
Nikola Pilić
Nikola "Niki" Pilić (born 27 August 1939) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia.
He was one of the Handsome Eight. Pilić was ranked world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tingay ...
, Yugoslav Croat professional tennis player
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Nikola Rosić
Nikola Rosić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Росић) (born 5 August 1984) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and Romanian club Tomis Constanța, a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012, winner of ...
team manager
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal.
As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to infor ...
Nicholas Nikola Ribic
Nicholas "Nick" Ribic (born 1974) is a Canadian who fought in the Bosnian Serb Army where he was also known as Nikola Ribić. In 1995, he took four United Nations peacekeepers hostage and used them as a human shield to try to force a halt to the ...
, Serbian-Canadian convicted for hostaging
* Nikola Motor Company, an American-based electric semi-truck design company based in Salt Lake City, Utah
Fictional characters
* Doctor Nikola, a fictional supervillain in works of Guy Boothby
See also
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Nicola (name)
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 ...
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Nikolić Nikolić (), meaning "son of Nikola", is a common South Slavic surname and is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Austria and Serbia. Nikolić is the third most frequent surname in Serbia, and is also common in Croatia, with 6,35 ...