Nicole Forename
317th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,956,931 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein
Nicole 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.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 598,851 | 1:605 | 114 |
| France | 100% | 364,397 | 1:182 | 45 |
| Germany | 100% | 274,902 | 1:352 | 102 |
| Canada | 100% | 86,359 | 1:384 | 56 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 79,029 | 1:934 | 184 |
| Brazil | 100% | 58,918 | 1:3,636 | 520 |
| Belgium | 100% | 51,105 | 1:225 | 30 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 46,940 | 1:360 | 60 |
| Chile | 100% | 40,978 | 1:430 | 94 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 38,677 | 1:212 | 41 |
| Australia | - | 38,466 | 1:355 | 69 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 23,580 | 1:1,002 | 225 |
| England | 100% | 22,937 | 1:2,424 | 370 |
| Burundi | 100% | 17,379 | 1:570 | 162 |
| South Africa | 99% | 17,174 | 1:3,175 | 594 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 17,087 | 1:1,265 | 253 |
| Kenya | - | 12,802 | 1:3,617 | 607 |
| Austria | 100% | 12,183 | 1:699 | 154 |
| Philippines | 77% | 9,759 | 1:10,863 | 1,430 |
| Haiti | 100% | 8,594 | 1:1,248 | 198 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 8,460 | 1:1,344 | 285 |
| Mozambique | - | 6,720 | 1:4,054 | 816 |
| Spain | 100% | 5,223 | 1:8,909 | 705 |
| Benin | 100% | 5,104 | 1:2,072 | 462 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,970 | 1:19,630 | 2,580 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,830 | 1:14,506 | 2,175 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,555 | 1:996 | 234 |
| Israel | 99% | 4,319 | 1:1,946 | 409 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 4,108 | 1:1,370 | 293 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4,044 | 1:139 | 21 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,893 | 1:3,493 | 514 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 3,878 | 1:351 | 19 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,713 | 1:2,809 | 446 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3,595 | 1:6,419 | 724 |
| Togo | - | 3,297 | 1:2,196 | 367 |
| China | - | 3,263 | 1:418,650 | 24,127 |
| Italy | 100% | 2,737 | 1:22,310 | 916 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,558 | 1:1,127 | 285 |
| Ecuador | - | 2,509 | 1:7,065 | 675 |
| Portugal | - | 2,435 | 1:4,276 | 372 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2,395 | 1:4,449 | 322 |
| Scotland | 99% | 2,258 | 1:2,370 | 324 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,184 | 1:4,514 | 523 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,045 | 1:921 | 202 |
| Poland | 99% | 1,885 | 1:20,174 | 723 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,774 | 1:19,362 | 1,218 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,538 | 1:844 | 108 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,529 | 1:3,118 | 480 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,496 | 1:61,431 | 3,281 |
| Angola | - | 1,350 | 1:19,975 | 1,690 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 1,350 | 1:22,556 | 2,228 |
| Ghana | - | 1,292 | 1:20,887 | 1,554 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,246 | 1:2,849 | 314 |
| Denmark | - | 1,181 | 1:4,784 | 578 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,169 | 1:3,342 | 631 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,107 | 1:27,834 | 3,534 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 1,043 | 1:17,622 | 1,670 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,002 | 1:4,634 | 468 |
| Mali | 100% | 994 | 1:17,080 | 1,278 |
| Singapore | 99% | 902 | 1:6,970 | 1,231 |
| Barbados | - | 787 | 1:368 | 76 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 777 | 1:348 | 72 |
| Hong Kong | - | 740 | 1:10,477 | 957 |
| Wales | 100% | 729 | 1:4,245 | 544 |
| Malawi | 100% | 719 | 1:23,800 | 2,039 |
| Suriname | 100% | 691 | 1:800 | 135 |
| Mexico | 99% | 682 | 1:182,030 | 3,426 |
| Congo | 100% | 676 | 1:7,410 | 1,005 |
| Namibia | - | 673 | 1:3,572 | 586 |
| Syria | - | 631 | 1:30,596 | 1,344 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 604 | 1:17,552 | 1,342 |
| Senegal | 99% | 577 | 1:25,271 | 1,364 |
| Qatar | 100% | 557 | 1:4,254 | 660 |
| Malta | - | 545 | 1:788 | 176 |
| French Polynesia | - | 503 | 1:552 | 111 |
| Romania | 100% | 503 | 1:39,865 | 2,422 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Greece | 100% | 494 | 1:22,135 | 1,055 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 487 | 1:62,016 | 3,366 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Indonesia | - | 379 | 1:680,643 | 47,026 |
| Bahamas | - | 375 | 1:1,065 | 267 |
| Belize | 100% | 353 | 1:1,004 | 198 |
| Vanuatu | - | 345 | 1:759 | 206 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 332 | 1:256 | 91 |
| Peru | 95% | 331 | 1:96,047 | 3,509 |
| Russia | 93% | 330 | 1:437,072 | 5,020 |
| India | 98% | 320 | 1:3,796,494 | 159,458 |
| Norway | 100% | 305 | 1:16,827 | 1,106 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 301 | 1:518 | 152 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 282 | 1:134 | 26 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 263 | 1:675,150 | 19,155 |
| Japan | - | 236 | 1:542,314 | 11,484 |
| Guyana | 100% | 231 | 1:3,304 | 638 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 228 | 1:15,033 | 947 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 225 | 1:234,615 | 9,104 |
| Northern Ireland | 94% | 220 | 1:8,378 | 711 |
| Botswana | 100% | 216 | 1:10,113 | 1,449 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 213 | 1:38,274 | 3,750 |
| Oman | - | 211 | 1:19,472 | 1,699 |
| Kuwait | - | 190 | 1:19,922 | 2,136 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 175 | 1:568 | 60 |
| Grenada | 99% | 164 | 1:659 | 108 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 161 | 1:693 | 66 |
| Bermuda | - | 158 | 1:410 | 50 |
| Honduras | 100% | 154 | 1:57,256 | 2,454 |
| Colombia | 100% | 141 | 1:338,858 | 6,247 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 138 | 1:116,728 | 2,366 |
| Saint Lucia | 97% | 138 | 1:1,289 | 220 |
| Finland | 100% | 137 | 1:40,023 | 1,544 |
| South Korea | - | 131 | 1:42,324 | 3,075 |
| Seychelles | 67% | 123 | 1:753 | 173 |
| Monaco | 100% | 114 | 1:337 | 42 |
| Uganda | 98% | 114 | 1:359,271 | 9,649 |
| Argentina | 92% | 110 | 1:388,848 | 3,313 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 109 | 1:1,007 | 204 |
| Guam | - | 101 | 1:1,591 | 358 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 100 | 1:24,588 | 1,431 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 97 | 1:632 | 108 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 81 | 1:190,417 | 11,596 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 75 | 1:729 | 130 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 71 | 1:773 | 142 |
| Croatia | 100% | 70 | 1:60,244 | 1,899 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 68 | 1:349,554 | 23,700 |
| Aruba | - | 63 | 1:1,647 | 343 |
| Gibraltar | - | 63 | 1:542 | 114 |
| Hungary | 100% | 61 | 1:160,521 | 929 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 60 | 1:100,306 | 3,501 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 60 | 1:159 | 51 |
| Zambia | - | 59 | 1:268,725 | 8,231 |
| Kazakhstan | 80% | 52 | 1:341,285 | 6,004 |
| Jersey | 100% | 49 | 1:2,040 | 372 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 49 | 1:108,369 | 1,019 |
| Sudan | - | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Albania | 100% | 44 | 1:69,240 | 5,554 |
| Turkey | 100% | 40 | 1:1,945,043 | 14,042 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:822 | 162 |
| Estonia | 100% | 37 | 1:35,551 | 2,373 |
| Belarus | 91% | 36 | 1:263,400 | 2,075 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Liberia | 100% | 36 | 1:122,557 | 4,984 |
| Paraguay | 96% | 36 | 1:201,022 | 3,267 |
| Iraq | 100% | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Latvia | 100% | 34 | 1:59,284 | 1,483 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 34 | 1:210,353 | 13,097 |
| Macau | - | 33 | 1:18,431 | 351 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 30 | 1:3,087,437 | 3,350 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 26 | 1:26,035 | 1,743 |
| Moldova | 100% | 23 | 1:154,832 | 1,578 |
| Andorra | - | 21 | 1:3,947 | 389 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 21 | 1:1,653 | 420 |
| Afghanistan | - | 18 | 1:1,812,418 | 16,974 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| East Timor | - | 16 | 1:76,148 | 197 |
| El Salvador | - | 15 | 1:422,786 | 4,141 |
| Jordan | 100% | 15 | 1:588,452 | 4,159 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 14 | 1:688,782 | 12,126 |
| Bulgaria | - | 13 | 1:537,722 | 8,096 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 13 | 1:1,251,795 | 17,972 |
| Iceland | - | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| Lithuania | - | 13 | 1:227,068 | 1,965 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 10 | 1:632 | 157 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Georgia | 100% | 9 | 1:415,385 | 8,265 |
| Guinea | - | 9 | 1:1,317,627 | 3,716 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Dominica | - | 7 | 1:10,782 | 397 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Cape Verde | - | 6 | 1:88,192 | 3,143 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| San Marino | 100% | 5 | 1:6,584 | 471 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 4 | 1:217,769 | 3,299 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Lesotho | - | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Nicolé (333), Nicôle (34), Nicóle (12), Nicolè (3), Nicõle (2), Nicòle (1), Nicolë (1) & Nicõlé (1) are calculated separately.
Nicole (22,371) may also be a surname.
Nicole 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
User-submitted Reference
Nicole is the feminine form of Nicolas, which originates from the Greek name Nikolaos. ... Gender: Nicole is traditionally a female-given name meaning 'people of victory,' or 'victory of the people.' Male variations, such as Nicolas, Nikolaos, and Nico are common.
The given name Nicole is a French feminine derivative of the masculine given nameNicolas, which is of Greek origin and has been formed as a compound of the words for 'victory' and 'people' (hence it may be interpreted as 'victory of the people').
What is short for Nicole?Nicki – An English abbreviation of Nicole. Nikki – An English variant for a Nicole.
- hansolo15Female version of the name Nikola(s). Originates from Greece. The meaning of the name is 'victory of the people'. Additional spelling variants include the French form Nicole, which is more widely used.
- nikolrashkovaA surname of Greek origin, meaning 'conqueror of the people'.
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