Nikolai Forename
10,897th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 92,871 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Uzbekistan
Highest density in:
Estonia
Nikolai Forename User-submission:
Nikolai, Nikolay, or Nikola is a Russian and Bulgarian form of the name Nicholas, from Greek Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), meaning 'victory of the people'.
Nikolai Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 62,571 | 1:492 | 102 |
| Germany | 100% | 9,160 | 1:10,554 | 714 |
| Russia | 100% | 6,081 | 1:23,719 | 600 |
| Estonia | 100% | 2,788 | 1:472 | 95 |
| United States | 100% | 2,414 | 1:150,181 | 5,894 |
| Denmark | - | 1,100 | 1:5,136 | 603 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 962 | 1:18,448 | 1,213 |
| Norway | 100% | 858 | 1:5,982 | 665 |
| Canada | 100% | 569 | 1:58,231 | 3,652 |
| Finland | 100% | 569 | 1:9,637 | 794 |
| Moldova | 100% | 482 | 1:7,388 | 411 |
| Belarus | 100% | 479 | 1:19,796 | 351 |
| Thailand | 100% | 477 | 1:146,888 | 10,820 |
| England | 100% | 359 | 1:154,883 | 5,003 |
| Bulgaria | - | 310 | 1:22,550 | 1,639 |
| Philippines | 91% | 261 | 1:406,167 | 14,477 |
| Spain | 100% | 250 | 1:186,120 | 3,925 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Georgia | 100% | 217 | 1:17,228 | 1,318 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 193 | 1:87,576 | 4,782 |
| Sweden | 99% | 185 | 1:53,286 | 2,766 |
| Brazil | 100% | 167 | 1:1,282,851 | 31,140 |
| Greece | 100% | 141 | 1:77,550 | 2,322 |
| Peru | 100% | 133 | 1:239,033 | 5,788 |
| Austria | 100% | 125 | 1:68,114 | 1,740 |
| Australia | - | 121 | 1:112,873 | 3,842 |
| Malta | - | 108 | 1:3,976 | 592 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 105 | 1:78,224 | 2,766 |
| New Zealand | - | 97 | 1:46,763 | 2,618 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 95 | 1:88,157 | 2,897 |
| Transnistria | 92% | 85 | 1:5,596 | 252 |
| South Africa | 100% | 84 | 1:649,198 | 28,558 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 79 | 1:17,233 | 2,156 |
| France | 100% | 74 | 1:898,248 | 7,379 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 52 | 1:56,767 | 1,191 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| Ireland | 100% | 45 | 1:103,189 | 2,518 |
| Belgium | 100% | 42 | 1:273,572 | 5,773 |
| Ukraine | - | 40 | 1:1,137,498 | 3,606 |
| Italy | 100% | 36 | 1:1,696,169 | 12,510 |
| India | 100% | 35 | 1:34,710,799 | 676,029 |
| Chile | 100% | 33 | 1:533,552 | 6,309 |
| Ecuador | - | 31 | 1:571,836 | 5,755 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 26 | 1:1,171,152 | 39,513 |
| Romania | - | 23 | 1:871,825 | 21,151 |
| Scotland | 100% | 21 | 1:254,779 | 4,121 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 19 | 1:129,408 | 3,204 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 19 | 1:2,778,333 | 23,004 |
| Mexico | 100% | 18 | 1:6,896,913 | 24,317 |
| Czechia | 100% | 16 | 1:666,010 | 2,826 |
| Colombia | 100% | 15 | 1:3,185,262 | 21,696 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 15 | 1:2,013,460 | 35,361 |
| Jamaica | - | 13 | 1:221,787 | 7,032 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 13 | 1:459,483 | 14,895 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Albania | 100% | 10 | 1:304,657 | 13,389 |
| China | - | 10 | 1:136,605,578 | 66,281 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 9 | 1:27,047 | 1,264 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Wales | 100% | 9 | 1:343,812 | 5,087 |
| Guyana | - | 8 | 1:95,408 | 7,334 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Uruguay | - | 8 | 1:428,455 | 5,529 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Singapore | - | 6 | 1:1,047,842 | 15,242 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Luxembourg | - | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Indonesia | - | 4 | 1:64,490,917 | 960,943 |
| Israel | 99% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Kenya | - | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 3 | 1:211,525 | 3,416 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Taiwan | - | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Nigeria | - | 1 | 1:177,564,360 | 489,087 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 1 | 1:53,551 | 905 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Nikolaï (23) are calculated separately.
Nikolai (3,421) may also be a surname.
Nikolai Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Nikolai, Nikolay, or Nikola is a Russian and Bulgarian form of the name Nicholas, from Greek Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), meaning 'victory of the people'.
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Nikolai Demographics
Average Male Nikolai Height
177.54 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 171 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Nikolai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nikolai in the Russian language | ||
| Николаи | nikolai | - |
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