Nicola Forename
1,353rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 715,289 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Nicola Forename Definition:
A female name. It and French f. forms of Nicholas (q.v.). Nicholaa is not infrequent in medieval Latin records, but is no doubt merely a latinization c f Nicholas when borne by a woman, who would in the vernacular have been simply Nicol or Nicolas.
Read More About This ForenameNicola Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 100% | 324,001 | 1:188 | 35 |
| England | 100% | 212,110 | 1:262 | 44 |
| Scotland | 100% | 20,009 | 1:267 | 62 |
| United States | 69% | 18,570 | 1:19,523 | 1,609 |
| Germany | 53% | 16,253 | 1:5,948 | 548 |
| Wales | 100% | 13,221 | 1:234 | 41 |
| South Africa | 98% | 10,463 | 1:5,212 | 988 |
| Canada | 100% | 9,922 | 1:3,339 | 602 |
| New Zealand | - | 9,425 | 1:481 | 107 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 8,798 | 1:640 | 124 |
| Australia | - | 8,069 | 1:1,693 | 330 |
| Ireland | 100% | 7,177 | 1:647 | 136 |
| Switzerland | 83% | 5,462 | 1:1,504 | 314 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4,872 | 1:378 | 90 |
| Brazil | 100% | 4,558 | 1:47,002 | 3,360 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 4,184 | 1:17,645 | 1,515 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,426 | 1:1,188 | 300 |
| France | 98% | 1,750 | 1:37,983 | 1,309 |
| Thailand | 59% | 1,616 | 1:43,358 | 4,867 |
| Belgium | 52% | 1,613 | 1:7,123 | 914 |
| Poland | 99% | 1,602 | 1:23,737 | 801 |
| Spain | 63% | 1,518 | 1:30,652 | 1,542 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,407 | 1:12,599 | 924 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,387 | 1:70,339 | 5,764 |
| Czechia | 98% | 1,374 | 1:7,756 | 407 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1,338 | 1:64 | 9 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,292 | 1:23,376 | 1,871 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,224 | 1:25,174 | 3,238 |
| Netherlands | 73% | 1,185 | 1:14,263 | 1,536 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,073 | 1:19,384 | 2,577 |
| Guyana | 100% | 978 | 1:780 | 91 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 902 | 1:11,565 | 1,303 |
| Tanzania | 67% | 847 | 1:62,324 | 4,236 |
| Egypt | 100% | 846 | 1:108,630 | 4,869 |
| Austria | 89% | 786 | 1:10,832 | 655 |
| Syria | - | 783 | 1:24,657 | 1,217 |
| Ghana | - | 730 | 1:36,967 | 2,200 |
| Bahamas | - | 573 | 1:697 | 170 |
| Portugal | - | 443 | 1:23,501 | 1,054 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 431 | 1:35,786 | 3,410 |
| Jordan | 100% | 374 | 1:23,601 | 1,127 |
| Palestine | 99% | 362 | 1:12,569 | 897 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 359 | 1:3,792 | 709 |
| Jersey | 100% | 353 | 1:283 | 53 |
| Romania | 50% | 353 | 1:56,804 | 3,051 |
| Malta | - | 347 | 1:1,237 | 272 |
| Namibia | - | 336 | 1:7,155 | 954 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Sweden | 52% | 308 | 1:32,006 | 1,945 |
| Denmark | - | 288 | 1:19,616 | 1,176 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 271 | 1:234 | 55 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Greece | 90% | 236 | 1:46,333 | 1,669 |
| Israel | 56% | 228 | 1:36,855 | 2,634 |
| Morocco | - | 218 | 1:157,563 | 4,496 |
| India | 91% | 201 | 1:6,044,169 | 216,479 |
| Philippines | 90% | 199 | 1:532,711 | 17,469 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 195 | 1:41,807 | 4,093 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| Guinea | - | 184 | 1:64,449 | 1,852 |
| Malaysia | 83% | 178 | 1:171,067 | 10,319 |
| Indonesia | - | 173 | 1:1,491,119 | 82,912 |
| Hong Kong | - | 165 | 1:46,986 | 2,493 |
| China | - | 153 | 1:8,928,469 | 59,546 |
| Argentina | 83% | 152 | 1:281,403 | 2,856 |
| Malawi | - | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Luxembourg | 97% | 140 | 1:4,029 | 481 |
| Chile | 68% | 127 | 1:138,639 | 3,040 |
| Kenya | - | 126 | 1:367,517 | 11,717 |
| Peru | 77% | 123 | 1:258,467 | 6,055 |
| Norway | 95% | 121 | 1:42,416 | 1,872 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Benin | 92% | 108 | 1:97,924 | 6,110 |
| Barbados | - | 104 | 1:2,786 | 555 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 101 | 1:213,965 | 8,899 |
| Iraq | 100% | 97 | 1:361,009 | 4,694 |
| Singapore | 67% | 96 | 1:65,490 | 6,909 |
| San Marino | 100% | 93 | 1:354 | 99 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 87 | 1:82,207 | 6,764 |
| Japan | - | 85 | 1:1,505,718 | 17,681 |
| Russia | 91% | 82 | 1:1,758,948 | 12,410 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 74 | 1:46,319 | 1,745 |
| Uganda | 76% | 72 | 1:568,846 | 12,460 |
| Cayman Islands | 87% | 64 | 1:958 | 205 |
| Gibraltar | - | 63 | 1:542 | 114 |
| Finland | 64% | 59 | 1:92,935 | 2,306 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 55 | 1:1,807 | 380 |
| Colombia | 67% | 55 | 1:868,708 | 10,541 |
| Botswana | - | 53 | 1:41,216 | 4,268 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 52 | 1:353,451 | 13,370 |
| Mexico | 57% | 52 | 1:2,387,393 | 13,165 |
| Cyprus | 56% | 50 | 1:17,422 | 1,193 |
| Haiti | 100% | 50 | 1:214,539 | 9,617 |
| Nigeria | 74% | 50 | 1:3,551,287 | 59,976 |
| Angola | - | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Bermuda | - | 47 | 1:1,379 | 322 |
| Albania | 98% | 43 | 1:70,850 | 5,638 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 42 | 1:901 | 201 |
| Estonia | 100% | 40 | 1:32,884 | 2,271 |
| Turkey | 90% | 36 | 1:2,161,159 | 14,782 |
| Monaco | 100% | 33 | 1:1,166 | 246 |
| Zambia | - | 33 | 1:480,448 | 11,250 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:18,155 | 1,521 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 29 | 1:84,785 | 2,675 |
| Hungary | 79% | 27 | 1:362,658 | 1,511 |
| Qatar | 76% | 26 | 1:91,139 | 11,761 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 24 | 1:4,649 | 822 |
| Senegal | 100% | 24 | 1:607,556 | 7,223 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 82% | 23 | 1:2,385 | 518 |
| Moldova | 100% | 22 | 1:161,870 | 1,621 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 21 | 1:1,488 | 340 |
| Croatia | 100% | 21 | 1:200,813 | 3,495 |
| Grenada | 100% | 21 | 1:5,149 | 844 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 21 | 1:8,467 | 1,232 |
| Panama | 100% | 20 | 1:195,328 | 7,631 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 16 | 1:1,485,605 | 45,572 |
| Belarus | 88% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| South Korea | - | 14 | 1:396,030 | 11,136 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,478,904 | 13,216 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 12 | 1:486 | 130 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| Belize | 100% | 11 | 1:32,210 | 2,977 |
| Bulgaria | - | 11 | 1:635,490 | 8,785 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Slovakia | 75% | 10 | 1:531,006 | 2,372 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Mali | 100% | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 9 | 1:804,089 | 6,114 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Serbia | - | 9 | 1:793,969 | 5,658 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Algeria | - | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Congo | 100% | 8 | 1:626,151 | 12,913 |
| Mauritius | - | 8 | 1:162,223 | 3,800 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 8 | 1:84,613 | 5,494 |
| Afghanistan | - | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Honduras | - | 7 | 1:1,259,638 | 12,726 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| North Macedonia | - | 5 | 1:418,151 | 8,727 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Pakistan | - | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Latvia | - | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Liberia | - | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Nicolà (5), Nicolá (5), Nícola (3), Nicóla (1), Nicolã (1) & Nicolä (1) are calculated separately.
Nicola (42,688) may also be a surname.
Nicola Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. It and French f. forms of Nicholas (q.v.). Nicholaa is not infrequent in medieval Latin records, but is no doubt merely a latinization c f Nicholas when borne by a woman, who would in the vernacular have been simply Nicol or Nicolas. Nicole, Nicolette, Colette are fairly common in France and are occasionally borrowed in England.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Greek (feminine) - Victorious over the people.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
User-submitted Reference
(Greek + Scottish) The feminine form of Nicholas; deriving from the Greek name Nikolaos; meaning Victory of the People. A common girls name in Scotland.
- dinn315(Greek + Scottish) A feminine form of Nicholas; coming from the Greek Nikolaos meaning victory of the people. A common girls name in Scotland.
- dinn315Nicola Forename Popularity
Nicola Demographics
Average Male Nicola Height
174.49 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,028 (2014)
Average Female Nicola Height
163.1 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 349 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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