The baby name Nicola is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: /nɪˈkoʊlə/ or /ˈnɪkələ/ (ni-KOH-lə, NIK-ə-lə); Italian: /niˈkoːla/ (nee-KOH-lah).
Nicola is Greek in Origin.
The baby name Nicola is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: /nɪˈkoʊlə/ or /ˈnɪkələ/ (ni-KOH-lə, NIK-ə-lə); Italian: /niˈkoːla/ (nee-KOH-lah).
Nicola is Greek in Origin.
Nicola is a form of Nicholas derived from the Greek Nikolaos, composed of nike "victory" and laos "people," yielding the meaning "victory of the people." In Italian it is traditionally masculine (pronounced NEE-koh-lah), while in English-speaking countries it became a common feminine given name (often NIK-uh-luh), distinct from Nicole.
Usage spread across Europe through the cult of Saint Nicholas of Myra, ensuring steady medieval and early modern popularity and giving rise to many local forms and surnames. Variants and cognates include Nicholas, Nicolas, Nikolas; Italian Niccolò and Nicolò; Slavic Nikola and Niko; Romanian Nicolae; Scottish Gaelic Neacail; and diminutives or related forms Nico, Niko, Cole, Nicole, Nicolette, Colette, Nicoletta, and Nicolina. In Britain and Ireland, Nicola ranked highly for girls in the 1970s-80s, while in Italy it remains a familiar, traditional male name with a timeless, pan-European feel.
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| Name | Last Name(s) | Mother | Mother famous for | Fame Level | Father | Father famous for | Fame Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola | Lubitsch | Ernst Lubitsch | film director | ★★★★★ |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2024 | #1 | — | 911 |
| FJ | 0 | #6 | 1 | 374 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #23 | 162,793 | 10,046 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #23 | 519 | 7,507 |
| NA | 0 | #32 | 2 | 2,537 | |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #35 | 1 | 2,021 |
| MT | 0 | #37 | 7 | 1,767 | |
| IT | 0 | #41 | 7,642 | 4,183 | |
| IT | Boys | 2021 | #46 | 859 | 47 |
| MO | 0 | #52 | 1 | 2,706 | |
| JM | 0 | #54 | 34 | 3,714 | |
| CM | 0 | #55 | 2 | 2,592 | |
| CY | 0 | #55 | 6 | 1,632 | |
| LU | 0 | #59 | 8 | 2,830 | |
| JP | 0 | #75 | 3 | 4,057 | |
| MD | Boys | 0 | #79 | 3 | 756 |
| SI | 0 | #80 | 1 | 1,612 | |
| BG | 0 | #82 | 1 | 1,799 | |
| RS | 0 | #84 | 1 | 923 | |
| CN | 0 | #86 | 1 | 3,857 | |
| QA | 0 | #91 | 10 | 7,011 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #101 | 21 | 3,755 |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #101 | 2 | 3,319 |
| PH | 0 | #108 | 3 | 5,607 | |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #110 | 1 | 2,055 |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #118 | 20 | 1,769 |
| KW | 0 | #119 | 3 | 5,216 | |
| OM | 0 | #120 | 2 | 6,215 | |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #123 | 29 | 3,773 |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #124 | 2 | 2,087 |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #125 | 7 | 3,473 |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 1,400 |
| GR | 0 | #133 | 3 | 3,911 | |
| IQ | 0 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| JO | 0 | #136 | 5 | 2,158 | |
| MU | 0 | #136 | 2 | 3,613 | |
| PA | 0 | #138 | 1 | 3,797 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #146 | 6 | 4,216 |
| AE | 0 | #155 | 23 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #164 | 55 | 4,970 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #164 | 365 | 5,096 |
| CR | 0 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #166 | 11 | 4,064 |
| CZ | 0 | #167 | 19 | 3,154 | |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #168 | 7 | 3,954 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2019 | #172 | 2 | 1,585 |
| PR | Boys | 0 | #178 | 1 | 2,508 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2021 | #180 | 4 | 1,578 |
| HR | 0 | #181 | 1 | 2,081 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #184 | 7 | 4,850 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #186 | 185 | 5,378 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #187 | 38 | 7,146 |
| PL | 0 | #194 | 19 | 2,600 | |
| Austria | 0 | #195 | 19 | 850 | |
| Belgium | Boys | 2012 | #199 | 25 | 405 |
| DK | 0 | #202 | 5 | 5,198 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #204 | 16 | 3,850 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #207 | 5 | 3,402 |
| IR | 0 | #211 | 19 | 4,221 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #216 | 2 | 4,575 |
| PS | 0 | #219 | 8 | 5,692 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #228 | 15 | 6,293 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #228 | 24 | 7,056 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #230 | 2 | 3,559 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #232 | 3 | 5,842 |
| ZA | 0 | #239 | 213 | 14,421 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #244 | 6 | 5,568 |
| SG | 0 | #245 | 25 | 11,010 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #246 | 6 | 6,592 |
| PT | 0 | #247 | 4 | 4,161 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #249 | 19 | 6,912 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #254 | 6 | 3,997 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #254 | 3 | 7,111 |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #258 | 1 | 3,650 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| Canada | Girls | 2023 | #275 | 5 | 2,824 |
| IL | 0 | #275 | 8 | 6,291 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #279 | 38 | 7,429 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #284 | 1,030 | 4,949 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #286 | 4 | 8,139 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #287 | 30 | 15,378 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #291 | 3 | 6,876 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #292 | 13 | 6,530 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #292 | 5 | 6,578 |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #295 | 12 | 2,588 |
| Germany | 0 | #296 | 147 | 2,542 | |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #298 | 6 | 5,122 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #300 | 4 | 7,909 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #309 | 11 | 9,639 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #311 | 15 | 7,401 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #314 | 109 | 1,885 |
| HK | 0 | #318 | 31 | 8,483 | |
| PE | 0 | #322 | 8 | 6,350 | |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #323 | 13 | 6,459 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #330 | 48 | 7,057 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #334 | 16 | 8,829 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #336 | 4 | 7,570 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #338 | 14 | 8,539 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #339 | 19 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #340 | 28 | 7,951 |
| MY | 0 | #349 | 6 | 12,352 | |
| BR | 0 | #355 | 6 | 5,969 | |
| NL | 0 | #365 | 27 | 2,481 | |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #366 | 169 | 8,334 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #366 | 34 | 5,922 |
| BO | 0 | #371 | 11 | 6,868 | |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #376 | 16 | 1,368 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #377 | 11 | 2,865 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #378 | 19 | 15,987 |
| EG | 0 | #390 | 11 | 6,387 | |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| France | Girls | 2012 | #405 | 3 | 3,242 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #410 | 33 | 2,180 |
| Spain | 0 | #413 | 40 | 2,326 | |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #421 | 9 | 13,098 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #421 | 25 | 10,523 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #425 | 43 | 7,628 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #425 | 27 | 7,952 |
| CL | 0 | #430 | 5 | 6,867 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #439 | 1,212 | 25,928 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #448 | 170 | 16,104 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #464 | 90 | 20,968 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #464 | 85 | 10,655 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #467 | 15 | 9,305 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #483 | 23 | 12,621 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #491 | 9 | 7,625 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #502 | 9 | 10,188 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #515 | 4 | 9,861 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #516 | 12 | 12,905 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #517 | 34 | 12,054 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #519 | 5 | 11,913 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #521 | 87 | 10,983 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #523 | 3 | 11,303 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #533 | 4 | 6,731 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #537 | 50 | 18,916 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #539 | 14 | 10,162 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #540 | 8 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #555 | 7 | 19,177 |
| LY | 0 | #555 | 5 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #558 | 3 | 11,671 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #566 | 451 | 5,697 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #568 | 6 | 11,342 |
| SY | 0 | #568 | 164 | 11,684 | |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #576 | 17 | 9,244 |
| BH | 0 | #579 | 9 | 17,937 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #583 | 83 | 13,390 |
| LB | 0 | #612 | 47 | 13,263 | |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #628 | 3 | 8,289 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #630 | 109 | 3,895 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #638 | 8 | 11,648 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #648 | 4 | 9,488 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #651 | 4 | 13,121 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #667 | 16 | 3,552 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #696 | 2 | 13,071 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #703 | 49 | 12,213 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #716 | 164 | 14,506 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #737 | 7 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #737 | 3 | 17,960 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #740 | 952 | 9,415 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #750 | 183 | 5,610 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #756 | 14 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #786 | 44 | 13,765 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #818 | 9 | 15,093 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #835 | 149 | 5,561 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #836 | 120 | 5,933 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #837 | 84 | 15,656 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #840 | 12 | 14,098 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #848 | 39 | 15,035 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #858 | 35 | 7,044 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #863 | 19 | 17,948 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #864 | 88 | 5,873 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #902 | 15 | 8,487 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #922 | 14 | 25,931 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #927 | 17 | 14,861 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #943 | 17 | 14,742 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #969 | 14 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #970 | 25 | 24,821 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #989 | 4 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #998 | 4 | 16,906 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,061 | 32 | 22,615 |
| MA | 0 | #1,063 | 66 | 20,986 | |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,067 | 12 | 16,140 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,124 | 53 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,134 | 45 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,178 | 5 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,184 | 28 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,266 | 2 | 17,781 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,598 | 17 | 28,008 |
Nicola is popular in 88 countries — most recent births per country:
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