Nikolay Forename
286th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,122,183 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria
Nikolay 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'.
Nikolay Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 99% | 1,735,560 | 1:83 | 21 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 103,690 | 1:171 | 22 |
| Belarus | 99% | 94,101 | 1:101 | 27 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 92,878 | 1:75 | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | 98% | 30,373 | 1:1,014 | 228 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 14,570 | 1:410 | 45 |
| Turkmenistan | 98% | 8,503 | 1:644 | 153 |
| Tajikistan | 92% | 8,463 | 1:990 | 189 |
| Transnistria | 99% | 7,329 | 1:65 | 16 |
| Moldova | 100% | 6,462 | 1:551 | 112 |
| United States | 100% | 6,003 | 1:60,393 | 3,182 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2,016 | 1:1,448 | 289 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,508 | 1:25,217 | 844 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,398 | 1:33,283 | 1,623 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,330 | 1:72,690 | 1,750 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1,286 | 1:7,498 | 1,083 |
| England | 100% | 822 | 1:67,643 | 2,895 |
| Greece | 100% | 758 | 1:14,426 | 791 |
| Estonia | 100% | 625 | 1:2,105 | 457 |
| Canada | 100% | 606 | 1:54,676 | 3,499 |
| Thailand | 100% | 308 | 1:227,486 | 14,283 |
| Egypt | - | 260 | 1:353,465 | 10,818 |
| Ukraine | - | 240 | 1:189,583 | 1,246 |
| Georgia | 99% | 202 | 1:18,507 | 1,373 |
| Portugal | - | 175 | 1:59,491 | 1,934 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 162 | 1:104,334 | 5,303 |
| Sweden | 100% | 155 | 1:63,599 | 3,102 |
| Finland | 100% | 151 | 1:36,312 | 1,476 |
| France | 100% | 150 | 1:443,136 | 5,077 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 142 | 1:73,460 | 4,284 |
| Brazil | 100% | 130 | 1:1,647,970 | 37,016 |
| Norway | 100% | 119 | 1:43,129 | 1,887 |
| Austria | 100% | 115 | 1:74,037 | 1,834 |
| Belgium | 100% | 102 | 1:112,647 | 3,656 |
| Latvia | - | 102 | 1:19,761 | 909 |
| Serbia | - | 82 | 1:87,143 | 2,598 |
| Italy | 100% | 65 | 1:939,417 | 8,291 |
| Denmark | - | 62 | 1:91,121 | 2,722 |
| Abkhazia | 95% | 51 | 1:4,773 | 557 |
| South Africa | 100% | 51 | 1:1,069,268 | 39,811 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 51 | 1:161,049 | 4,126 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 50 | 1:17,422 | 1,193 |
| Peru | 100% | 43 | 1:739,336 | 11,283 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 36 | 1:81,997 | 1,384 |
| Czechia | 99% | 35 | 1:304,462 | 1,977 |
| Australia | - | 33 | 1:413,867 | 7,187 |
| Turkey | 100% | 33 | 1:2,357,628 | 15,463 |
| China | - | 32 | 1:42,689,243 | 61,836 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 27 | 1:7,198,433 | 59,826 |
| Israel | - | 26 | 1:323,189 | 7,892 |
| India | 100% | 25 | 1:48,595,119 | 841,422 |
| South Korea | - | 24 | 1:231,018 | 8,270 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Scotland | 100% | 23 | 1:232,625 | 3,902 |
| Romania | - | 21 | 1:954,856 | 21,329 |
| Hungary | 100% | 20 | 1:489,589 | 1,828 |
| Montenegro | - | 20 | 1:31,729 | 1,837 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 20 | 1:122,938 | 3,134 |
| Argentina | 100% | 19 | 1:2,251,223 | 8,037 |
| Ecuador | - | 19 | 1:932,996 | 7,538 |
| Japan | - | 19 | 1:6,736,108 | 30,453 |
| Iceland | - | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| Mexico | 100% | 17 | 1:7,302,613 | 25,172 |
| Ireland | 100% | 16 | 1:290,220 | 4,558 |
| Chile | 91% | 14 | 1:1,257,658 | 10,399 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 12 | 1:2,516,824 | 41,518 |
| Colombia | 100% | 11 | 1:4,343,539 | 25,849 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 11 | 1:2,768,176 | 73,791 |
| Singapore | - | 11 | 1:571,550 | 11,876 |
| Indonesia | - | 10 | 1:25,796,367 | 599,978 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Burundi | - | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Algeria | - | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Croatia | - | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Panama | - | 7 | 1:558,080 | 14,722 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 7 | 1:758,580 | 3,008 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Philippines | 100% | 6 | 1:17,668,246 | 211,341 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Wales | 100% | 6 | 1:515,718 | 6,554 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| North Macedonia | - | 4 | 1:522,689 | 9,487 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Nîkôlây (1) are calculated separately.
Nikolay (1,529) may also be a surname.
Nikolay 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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Nikolay Demographics
Average Male Nikolay Height
175.98 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 127 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Nikolay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nikolay in the Russian language | ||
| Николай | nikolaj | - |
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