Nicolas Forename
441st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,600,477 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Saint Barthelemy
Nicolas 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 ForenameNicolas Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 471,326 | 1:141 | 32 |
| Mexico | 100% | 164,938 | 1:753 | 147 |
| Brazil | 100% | 107,794 | 1:1,987 | 308 |
| Argentina | 100% | 93,047 | 1:460 | 112 |
| Spain | 100% | 58,494 | 1:795 | 145 |
| Chile | 100% | 51,839 | 1:340 | 72 |
| United States | 100% | 46,649 | 1:7,772 | 928 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 46,632 | 1:1,583 | 290 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 40,206 | 1:588 | 108 |
| Peru | 100% | 40,116 | 1:792 | 154 |
| Philippines | 99% | 37,862 | 1:2,800 | 540 |
| Colombia | 100% | 37,149 | 1:1,286 | 195 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 33,984 | 1:474 | 92 |
| Belgium | 100% | 27,104 | 1:424 | 87 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 17,121 | 1:1,764 | 278 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 17,113 | 1:619 | 146 |
| Canada | 100% | 15,639 | 1:2,119 | 437 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 15,529 | 1:1,392 | 289 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 15,110 | 1:544 | 116 |
| Burundi | 100% | 14,483 | 1:684 | 212 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 13,646 | 1:764 | 113 |
| Benin | 100% | 13,523 | 1:782 | 158 |
| Central African Republic | - | 12,970 | 1:348 | 133 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 11,439 | 1:300 | 66 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 11,038 | 1:656 | 142 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 10,394 | 1:1,094 | 236 |
| Ecuador | - | 10,040 | 1:1,766 | 308 |
| Cuba | - | 8,949 | 1:1,286 | 266 |
| England | 100% | 7,556 | 1:7,359 | 657 |
| El Salvador | - | 7,109 | 1:892 | 154 |
| Germany | 100% | 6,732 | 1:14,361 | 811 |
| Honduras | 100% | 6,730 | 1:1,310 | 226 |
| Haiti | 100% | 5,850 | 1:1,834 | 296 |
| Togo | - | 5,686 | 1:1,273 | 184 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5,431 | 1:1,108 | 215 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,396 | 1:10,106 | 1,721 |
| Thailand | 100% | 5,100 | 1:13,738 | 2,086 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,970 | 1:19,630 | 2,580 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 4,855 | 1:36,574 | 3,001 |
| Panama | 100% | 4,827 | 1:809 | 127 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4,426 | 1:127 | 18 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 3,752 | 1:68,754 | 8,254 |
| Poland | 100% | 3,534 | 1:10,760 | 486 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3,223 | 1:3,679 | 400 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 3,221 | 1:353 | 96 |
| Morocco | - | 3,030 | 1:11,336 | 871 |
| Angola | - | 2,969 | 1:9,083 | 1,103 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,858 | 1:16,203 | 1,730 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,526 | 1:746 | 150 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2,466 | 1:353 | 58 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2,416 | 1:7,607 | 875 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,348 | 1:5,791 | 911 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,304 | 1:11,713 | 1,073 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2,295 | 1:4,643 | 329 |
| Sudan | - | 2,181 | 1:17,335 | 1,813 |
| Mali | 100% | 2,099 | 1:8,088 | 707 |
| Australia | - | 2,050 | 1:6,662 | 777 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1,953 | 1:7,466 | 625 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1,835 | 1:147 | 15 |
| Uganda | 99% | 1,652 | 1:24,792 | 1,869 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 1,600 | 1:14,422 | 1,442 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,595 | 1:3,141 | 516 |
| India | 100% | 1,299 | 1:935,241 | 62,523 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,271 | 1:48,043 | 1,323 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,134 | 1:14,905 | 1,580 |
| Denmark | - | 1,121 | 1:5,040 | 596 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,107 | 1:4,307 | 578 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1,032 | 1:269 | 34 |
| Zambia | - | 959 | 1:16,533 | 1,533 |
| Sweden | 100% | 947 | 1:10,410 | 907 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Greece | 100% | 879 | 1:12,440 | 718 |
| China | - | 713 | 1:1,915,927 | 42,563 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 593 | 1:26,010 | 2,712 |
| Japan | - | 584 | 1:219,154 | 7,205 |
| Portugal | - | 544 | 1:19,138 | 931 |
| Austria | 100% | 521 | 1:16,342 | 813 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 493 | 1:2,632 | 470 |
| Malawi | 100% | 487 | 1:35,138 | 2,639 |
| Romania | 100% | 487 | 1:41,174 | 2,479 |
| Egypt | 100% | 455 | 1:201,980 | 7,440 |
| Israel | 98% | 449 | 1:18,715 | 1,822 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 437 | 1:69,679 | 5,324 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 433 | 1:121,913 | 6,289 |
| New Zealand | - | 418 | 1:10,852 | 1,120 |
| Ireland | 100% | 394 | 1:11,786 | 774 |
| Vanuatu | - | 371 | 1:706 | 186 |
| Botswana | 100% | 369 | 1:5,920 | 969 |
| Scotland | 100% | 353 | 1:15,157 | 850 |
| Russia | 100% | 350 | 1:412,096 | 4,846 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 299 | 1:11,874 | 726 |
| Norway | 100% | 298 | 1:17,223 | 1,118 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 276 | 1:29,537 | 2,943 |
| Singapore | 100% | 254 | 1:24,752 | 4,256 |
| Wales | 100% | 211 | 1:14,665 | 960 |
| Finland | 100% | 208 | 1:26,361 | 1,274 |
| Bahrain | - | 207 | 1:6,515 | 1,046 |
| Hong Kong | - | 207 | 1:37,453 | 2,425 |
| Djibouti | - | 196 | 1:4,672 | 508 |
| Monaco | 100% | 166 | 1:232 | 16 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 164 | 1:43,610 | 4,007 |
| Belize | 100% | 140 | 1:2,531 | 578 |
| Qatar | 100% | 138 | 1:17,171 | 2,552 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 104 | 1:526 | 81 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Namibia | - | 93 | 1:25,851 | 2,160 |
| Malta | - | 91 | 1:4,718 | 654 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 82 | 1:117 | 36 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 78 | 1:17,454 | 2,185 |
| Guam | - | 77 | 1:2,086 | 455 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 75 | 1:316,929 | 22,586 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 71 | 1:1,304,551 | 2,890 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 69 | 1:8,420 | 879 |
| Hungary | 95% | 59 | 1:165,962 | 948 |
| Estonia | 100% | 57 | 1:23,077 | 1,849 |
| Seychelles | - | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| South Korea | - | 47 | 1:117,966 | 5,650 |
| Liberia | 100% | 44 | 1:100,274 | 4,358 |
| Andorra | - | 42 | 1:1,974 | 243 |
| Iceland | - | 40 | 1:9,150 | 869 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 40 | 1:61,469 | 2,282 |
| Albania | 100% | 39 | 1:78,117 | 5,979 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 100% | 33 | 1:236 | 45 |
| Bermuda | - | 30 | 1:2,161 | 469 |
| Lebanon | - | 30 | 1:187,586 | 4,192 |
| Croatia | 100% | 27 | 1:156,188 | 3,094 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Brunei | - | 25 | 1:16,783 | 1,060 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 24 | 1:678,055 | 12,684 |
| Belarus | 100% | 23 | 1:412,278 | 2,832 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 23 | 1:88,696 | 7,900 |
| Syria | - | 23 | 1:839,395 | 3,066 |
| Tunisia | - | 23 | 1:29,431 | 1,879 |
| Turkey | 100% | 23 | 1:3,382,683 | 18,567 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 22 | 1:287 | 71 |
| Jamaica | - | 20 | 1:144,161 | 5,419 |
| Latvia | - | 19 | 1:106,087 | 1,963 |
| Ukraine | - | 19 | 1:2,394,732 | 5,652 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:721,939 | 1,033 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Jersey | - | 13 | 1:7,691 | 755 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,365,142 | 12,672 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 13 | 1:8,583 | 1,271 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 13 | 1:8,442 | 1,163 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 12 | 1:14,818 | 1,739 |
| Afghanistan | - | 11 | 1:2,965,774 | 21,963 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 11 | 1:5,573 | 911 |
| Mauritania | - | 11 | 1:372,294 | 8,621 |
| Niger | 100% | 11 | 1:1,743,999 | 22,373 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10 | 1:184,315 | 1,771 |
| Jordan | - | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 10 | 1:531,006 | 2,372 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Moldova | 100% | 9 | 1:395,682 | 2,704 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Guyana | 100% | 8 | 1:95,408 | 7,334 |
| Serbia | 100% | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Lithuania | - | 7 | 1:421,697 | 2,256 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Barbados | - | 4 | 1:72,447 | 2,209 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Grenada | - | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| San Marino | 100% | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | 1:123 | 15 |
The alternate forms: Nicolás (5,838), Nícolas (237), Nicolàs (98), Nicolãs (3), Nicólas (3), Niçolas (1), Nicölas (1) & Nícolás (1) are calculated separately.
Nicolas (262,820) may also be a surname.
Nicolas 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
Nik'-o-las, conqueror of the people. He was first a proselyte of Antioch; afterwards he embraced Christianity, and was one of the most zealous and holy among the first Christians. He afterwards fell into errors, as some say, and originated the sect of the Nicolaitanes: this is, however, very uncertain. Acts vi. 5.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: conqueror of the people (as a whole).
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
User-submitted Reference
A surname of Greek origin, meaning 'conqueror of the people'.
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Nicolas Demographics
Average Male Nicolas Height
174.21 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 6,119 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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