Nicola or Nichola is a Latinised version of the

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Nikolaos Nikolaos (, ') 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 English form is Nicholas. I ...

'' (Νικόλαος), derived from the '' nikē'' meaning "victory", and ''laos'' meaning "people", therefore implying the meaning "victory of the people". Nicola is both a male and female name, depending on cultural norms. Nicola was a frequently given male personal name among the traditional

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, and was used often in the

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.''The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints'', compiled by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, 1275. First edition published 1470. The spelling

Nikola Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bul ...

is widely used in

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speaking areas. The English form of the same name is

Nicholas Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...

, with Nicolas common in French and Spanish-speaking countries, and

Nicolau Nicolau is a Portuguese and Catalan given name, a variant of Nicholas. Nicolau may refer to: *Nicolau Coelho, Portuguese explorer * Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1946–1978), East-Timorese politician * Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida (1740–1811), P ...

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) and continues as a contemporary female name in Germany, the British Isles and Scandinavia. Less commonly, the name is spelled "Nichola" or "Nickola". The female form of Nicola in

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is Nicoletta. Other forms of the female name in other languages include Nicole and Nicolette in French, ''Nikolett'' or ''Nikoletta'' in Hungarian, Νικολέττα or Νίκη in Greek.

Name days

*21 March and 10 September (Hungary) *29 August (Slovakia) *3 September (United Kingdom) *20 November (Czech Republic) *6 December, in line with

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra (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 Patara (Lycia), Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya ...

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

Given name: Nicola

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* Nicola Abbagnano (1901–1990), Italian existential philosopher * Nicola Adams (born 1982), English boxer * Nicola Amoruso (born 1974), Italian football player * Nicola Asuni (born 1973), Italian sprinter * Nicola Barr (born 1996), Australian rules footballer *

Nicola Benedetti Nicola Joy Nadia Benedetti (born 20 July 1987) is a Scottish classical solo violinist and festival director. Her ability was recognised when she was a child, including the award of BBC Young Musician of the Year when she was 16. She works wi ...

(born 1987), Scottish classic violinist *

Nicola Berti Nicola Berti (; born 14 April 1967) is an Italian former Association football, footballer, who played as a midfielder. Berti's career spanned three decades, during which he played for several clubs: after beginning his career with Parma AC, Parm ...

(born 1967), Italian football player * Nicola Best, British statistician * Nicola Blackwood-Bate (born 1979), British politician * Nicola Boem (born 1989), Italian road cyclist * Nicola Bolger (born 1993), Australian football player * Nicola Bombacci (1879–1945), Italian Marxist revolutionary * Nicola Brasch, New Zealand chemistry academic * Nicola Brogan, Northern Irish politician * Nicola Brown (disambiguation), several people * Nicola Bryant (born 1960), British actress *

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

(1953–2005), Italian military intelligence officer with the rank of major general * Nicola I. Campbell, Indigenous Canadian author, poet, and educator * Nicola Conte, Italian DJ and producer * Nicola Coughlan (born 1987), Irish actress * Nicola Di Bari (born 1940), Italian singer-songwriter * Nicola Dinan (born 1994), British-Malaysian writer * Nicola Docherty (born 1992), Scottish footballer * Nicola Drocco (born 1979), Italian skeleton racer * Nicola Edgington (born 1980), British murderer * Nicola Fairbrother (born 1970), British judoka * Nicola Filippo (born 1957), American artist * Nicola Glencross (born 1989), Scottish professional wrestler * Nicola Gobbo, Australian lawyer * Nicola Griffith (born 1960), British author * Nicola de la Haie (died 1230), English landowner and military administrator * Nicola Heywood-Thomas (1955–2023), Welsh broadcaster and journalist * 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 Lacorte (born 2007), racing driver * Nicola Lamb, British chef and author * Nicola Lamon (born 1979), Italian harpsichordist and organist *

Nicola Larini Nicola Larini (born 19 March 1964) is an Italian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between and . In touring car racing, Larini won the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft in 1993 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, 1993 and the I ...

(born 1964), racing driver * Nicola Legrottaglie (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

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* Nicola Marinangeli (born 2003), Italian racing driver * Nicola Mendelsohn (born 1971), British advertising executive *

Nicola McEwen Nicola McEwen, FRSE is Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Glasgow, Director of the Centre for Public Policy, and senior fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe. She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in ...

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 Literature, letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". ...

professor of territorial

politics Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta ...

at the

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, 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 Nicola Pisano (also called ''Niccolò Pisano'', ''Nicola de Apulia'' or ''Nicola Pisanus''; /1225 – ) was an Italian sculpture, sculptor whose work is noted for its classical Ancient Rome, Roman sculptural style. Pisano is sometimes considered ...

(1220s–1284), Italian sculptor * Nicola Pozzi (born 1986), Italian football player * Nicola Ann Raphael (1985–2001), Scottish schoolgirl who committed suicide * Nicola Rauti (born 2000), Italian football player *

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

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

Nicola Richards Nicola Faye Richards (born 19 December 1994) is a British politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich East from 2019 to 2024. She is a member of the Conservative Party. Prior to her parliamentary career, Richards was a ...

(born 1994), British politician *

Nicola Rizzoli Nicola Rizzoli (; born 5 October 1971) is an Italian former association football, football referee (association football), referee who refereed in the Italian Serie A from 2002 to 2017 and was a FIFA-listed referee from 2007 to 2017. He refereed ...

(born 1971), Italian football referee *

Nicola Roberts Nicola Maria Roberts (born 5 October 1985) is an English singer and songwriter. In 2002, Roberts was selected as a member of Girls Aloud, a Pop music, pop girl group created through ITV (TV network), ITV's reality competition show ''Popstars: Th ...

(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 (born 1960), British biographer * Nicola Smith (born 1949), English bridge player * Nicola Smith (footballer) (born 1980), New Zealand football player *

Nicola Sturgeon Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born 19 July 1970) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2014 to 2023. She has served as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) sin ...

(born 1970), Former Leader of the SNP and the former First Minister of Scotland between 2014 and 2023 * Nicola Tappenden (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) Nichola or Nicolle (fl. 1560–1570) was a fool or jester to Mary, Queen of Scots. Jester of Mary Nichola was a French "fool" or servant entertainer of Mary, Queen of Scots. She seems to have arrived in Scotland with Mary in 1561. After Mary's ab ...

(fl. 1560–1570), fool or jester to Mary, Queen of Scots * Nichola Beck, English badminton player * Nichola Bruce (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 (born 1964), American scholar and academic * Nichola Holt, contestant on Series 1 of the British TV show ''Big Brother'' * Nichola Hope, one of the British twin artists Nichola and Sarah Hope * 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 3 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, ...

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

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