Nick Forename
1,672nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 593,595 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Nick Forename Definition:
NICKY. Diminutives of Nicholas and Nicodemus. The fact that Old Nick is the devil has not much checked its prevalence.
Nick Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 271,330 | 1:1,336 | 288 |
| England | 100% | 80,093 | 1:694 | 161 |
| Australia | - | 44,291 | 1:308 | 54 |
| Canada | 100% | 41,527 | 1:798 | 169 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 21,959 | 1:770 | 170 |
| New Zealand | - | 12,674 | 1:358 | 64 |
| Philippines | 99% | 11,696 | 1:9,064 | 1,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,950 | 1:1,653 | 379 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 6,671 | 1:1,222 | 137 |
| Kenya | 100% | 5,653 | 1:8,192 | 1,111 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,420 | 1:5,685 | 895 |
| Ghana | - | 5,338 | 1:5,055 | 636 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 4,535 | 1:5,210 | 1,047 |
| South Africa | 99% | 3,992 | 1:13,660 | 2,132 |
| Russia | 98% | 3,346 | 1:43,106 | 989 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,201 | 1:30,202 | 1,128 |
| Greece | 100% | 3,200 | 1:3,417 | 295 |
| Denmark | - | 3,011 | 1:1,876 | 313 |
| Angola | - | 2,564 | 1:10,517 | 1,213 |
| China | - | 2,506 | 1:545,114 | 27,088 |
| Poland | 93% | 2,356 | 1:16,141 | 619 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,216 | 1:1,396 | 298 |
| Congo | 87% | 2,203 | 1:2,274 | 367 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,175 | 1:5,228 | 928 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,097 | 1:2,551 | 335 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,833 | 1:86,995 | 6,214 |
| DR Congo | 80% | 1,616 | 1:45,685 | 3,061 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 1,267 | 1:24,033 | 2,340 |
| Japan | - | 1,187 | 1:107,823 | 4,683 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,180 | 1:3,935 | 440 |
| India | 100% | 1,100 | 1:1,104,435 | 69,991 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,050 | 1:66,729 | 6,510 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,002 | 1:20,758 | 2,728 |
| Brazil | 100% | 898 | 1:238,570 | 10,019 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 891 | 1:199,287 | 8,663 |
| France | 100% | 872 | 1:76,227 | 1,908 |
| Malawi | 100% | 846 | 1:20,227 | 1,818 |
| Egypt | 74% | 824 | 1:111,530 | 4,967 |
| Gabon | - | 802 | 1:2,348 | 565 |
| Singapore | 97% | 770 | 1:8,165 | 1,556 |
| Haiti | 100% | 742 | 1:14,457 | 1,356 |
| Togo | - | 742 | 1:9,756 | 1,430 |
| Hong Kong | - | 728 | 1:10,649 | 963 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 683 | 1:12,026 | 1,083 |
| Peru | 100% | 679 | 1:46,821 | 2,451 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 673 | 1:383,304 | 31,242 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 563 | 1:54,683 | 1,986 |
| Sweden | 99% | 556 | 1:17,730 | 1,282 |
| Uganda | 98% | 512 | 1:79,994 | 3,986 |
| Bahrain | - | 503 | 1:2,681 | 438 |
| Kuwait | - | 475 | 1:7,969 | 982 |
| Italy | 97% | 469 | 1:130,196 | 2,190 |
| Portugal | - | 424 | 1:24,554 | 1,086 |
| Oman | - | 420 | 1:9,783 | 1,195 |
| Malta | - | 381 | 1:1,127 | 236 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 375 | 1:4,915 | 562 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 364 | 1:82,972 | 4,019 |
| Belarus | 99% | 362 | 1:26,194 | 411 |
| Romania | 100% | 360 | 1:55,700 | 3,024 |
| Zambia | - | 360 | 1:44,041 | 2,897 |
| Israel | 98% | 340 | 1:24,714 | 2,135 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 328 | 1:193 | 31 |
| Afghanistan | 79% | 321 | 1:101,631 | 3,530 |
| Spain | 100% | 313 | 1:148,658 | 3,539 |
| Morocco | - | 300 | 1:114,495 | 3,629 |
| Fiji | - | 288 | 1:3,099 | 856 |
| Tanzania | 89% | 287 | 1:183,931 | 7,935 |
| Cameroon | 60% | 280 | 1:77,180 | 4,398 |
| Mali | - | 276 | 1:61,514 | 3,059 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 249 | 1:71,272 | 2,514 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 242 | 1:98,222 | 11,738 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 241 | 1:10,202 | 916 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| South Korea | - | 197 | 1:28,144 | 2,358 |
| Czechia | 95% | 192 | 1:55,501 | 876 |
| Qatar | 100% | 192 | 1:12,342 | 1,987 |
| Mexico | 92% | 189 | 1:656,849 | 6,506 |
| Botswana | 100% | 179 | 1:12,204 | 1,655 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 167 | 1:62,463 | 3,871 |
| Jersey | 100% | 162 | 1:617 | 146 |
| Moldova | - | 141 | 1:25,256 | 682 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 140 | 1:51,086 | 4,597 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 138 | 1:9,865 | 1,466 |
| Bahamas | - | 134 | 1:2,980 | 587 |
| Zimbabwe | 88% | 134 | 1:115,103 | 8,051 |
| Gibraltar | - | 126 | 1:271 | 42 |
| Norway | 100% | 114 | 1:45,020 | 1,944 |
| Georgia | 98% | 112 | 1:33,379 | 1,923 |
| Ukraine | - | 106 | 1:429,244 | 1,997 |
| Panama | 100% | 105 | 1:37,205 | 2,834 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 96 | 1:6,052 | 703 |
| Bermuda | - | 90 | 1:720 | 145 |
| Vietnam | - | 89 | 1:1,040,709 | 2,686 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| Chile | 100% | 85 | 1:207,144 | 3,757 |
| Colombia | 100% | 83 | 1:575,650 | 8,377 |
| Iraq | - | 82 | 1:427,047 | 5,132 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Guam | - | 73 | 1:2,201 | 474 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 72 | 1:223,728 | 3,175 |
| Jamaica | - | 62 | 1:46,504 | 2,698 |
| Liberia | 100% | 62 | 1:71,162 | 3,400 |
| Ecuador | - | 60 | 1:295,449 | 4,140 |
| Finland | 97% | 55 | 1:99,694 | 2,382 |
| Estonia | 100% | 54 | 1:24,359 | 1,899 |
| Austria | 100% | 52 | 1:163,735 | 2,710 |
| Ivory Coast | 70% | 50 | 1:461,519 | 17,671 |
| Cyprus | - | 49 | 1:17,777 | 1,201 |
| Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 47 | 1:116,444 | 1,215 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 43 | 1:110,883 | 3,392 |
| Micronesia | - | 43 | 1:2,477 | 350 |
| Latvia | - | 41 | 1:49,162 | 1,379 |
| Hungary | 95% | 39 | 1:251,071 | 1,219 |
| Bulgaria | - | 38 | 1:183,958 | 4,830 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 36 | 1:2,362 | 150 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 36 | 1:15,668 | 1,076 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Greenland | - | 31 | 1:1,818 | 338 |
| Honduras | 100% | 30 | 1:293,916 | 5,685 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Guyana | 100% | 29 | 1:26,319 | 2,986 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 28 | 1:214,941 | 5,315 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 26 | 1:625,897 | 12,114 |
| Brunei | - | 25 | 1:16,783 | 1,060 |
| Ethiopia | - | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:462,041 | 849 |
| Macau | - | 24 | 1:25,342 | 410 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| Benin | 100% | 22 | 1:480,720 | 16,166 |
| Saint Lucia | 95% | 22 | 1:8,082 | 1,192 |
| Turkey | - | 22 | 1:3,536,441 | 18,981 |
| Lithuania | - | 20 | 1:147,594 | 1,759 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 20 | 1:2,733 | 523 |
| Monaco | 100% | 17 | 1:2,263 | 456 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 16 | 1:602,684 | 11,321 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 15 | 1:31,709 | 613 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:7,316 | 1,065 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 14 | 1:4,378 | 794 |
| Iran | - | 13 | 1:6,038,221 | 21,383 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Armenia | 89% | 12 | 1:243,229 | 3,990 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 12 | 1:16,196,473 | 90,643 |
| Nepal | - | 11 | 1:2,589,759 | 36,665 |
| Argentina | - | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Jordan | - | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 9 | 1:232,306 | 6,858 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:5,692 | 857 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Grenada | 100% | 8 | 1:13,516 | 1,533 |
| Andorra | - | 7 | 1:11,841 | 704 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| El Salvador | - | 6 | 1:1,056,964 | 6,645 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 6 | 1:995,546 | 22,001 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5 | 1:710,060 | 4,535 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 3 | 1:12,619 | 697 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 3 | 1:211,525 | 3,416 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Niger | - | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
Nick (38,292) may also be a surname.
Nick Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
NICKY. Diminutives of Nicholas and Nicodemus. The fact that Old Nick is the devil has not much checked its prevalence.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Nick Forename Popularity
Nick Demographics
Nick Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 40,139 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicke | 89 | 1,271 | / |
| Nieck | 89 | 132 | / |
| Naick | 89 | 121 | / |
| Nickk | 89 | 32 | / |
| Nhick | 89 | 23 | / |
| Nicck | 89 | 10 | / |
| Neick | 89 | 7 | / |
| Nickz | 89 | 7 | / |
| Nnick | 89 | 3 | / |
| Nickx | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nikck | 89 | 2 | / |
| Noick | 89 | 1 | / |
| Niock | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nijck | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nickg | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nickq | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nickc | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nik | 86 | 180,285 | / |
| Nic | 86 | 22,995 | / |
| Nhieck | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nickke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Naicke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nickkg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nickhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nickcc | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nicksh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Naik | 75 | 77,177 | / |
| Nike | 75 | 76,622 | / |
| Niek | 75 | 13,668 | / |
| Ngik | 75 | 499 | / |
| Nikk | 75 | 434 | / |
| Nikë | 75 | 434 | / |
| Neik | 75 | 405 | / |
| Nikh | 75 | 367 | / |
| Neck | 75 | 324 | / |
| Niok | 75 | 219 | / |
| Nicc | 75 | 209 | / |
| Noik | 75 | 116 | / |
| Nyck | 75 | 114 | / |
| Noic | 75 | 103 | / |
| Nikc | 75 | 47 | / |
| Nnik | 75 | 15 | / |
| Naic | 75 | 14 | / |
| Nuic | 75 | 10 | / |
| Nuik | 75 | 10 | / |
| Neic | 75 | 10 | / |
| Nhic | 75 | 9 | / |
| Niec | 75 | 8 | / |
| Nicx | 75 | 8 | / |
| Nict | 75 | 7 | / |
| Nicë | 75 | 7 | / |
| Gnic | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nihk | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nicq | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nidc | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nitk | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nicp | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nikg | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nnic | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nihc | 75 | 2 | / |
| Njck | 75 | 2 | / |
| Niqc | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nhik | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hnic | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nıck | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nikx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nikq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nicg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nigc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nicø | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nijk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nigk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nickova | 73 | 2 | / |
| N'Nicke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nikke | 67 | 1,028 | / |
| Naike | 67 | 957 | / |
| Nikhe | 67 | 80 | / |
| Neike | 67 | 55 | / |
| Naikh | 67 | 32 | / |
| Necke | 67 | 17 | / |
| Hngik | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nayck | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nikss | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nyock | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nechk | 67 | 7 | / |
| Naèck | 67 | 7 | / |
| Naaik | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngaik | 67 | 5 | / |
| Noikh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nuike | 67 | 4 | / |
| Noike | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nikch | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nhike | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nikkt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Neeck | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nnikk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Naikk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngoik | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nishk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Neyck | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nigke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Niqkë | 67 | 3 | / |
| Neikh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nheck | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nikhs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Naitk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Niskë | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hnaik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuics | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuikt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noyck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nìíck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noi'c | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niokh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnaik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnike | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nitkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niskh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngihk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nikkg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nikkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nikkp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nikët | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nik's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nikcs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nijke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nikkz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niccg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nicth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nichx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhyck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ni'ke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nihkt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niehk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhiek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhiks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhikz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noiks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naikz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njcks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnoic | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noicq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noics | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhiok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhuik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niocg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nijhc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nikkk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nidcs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wniwk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hgnik | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nick