The baby name Nikolayevich is a Male name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced Russian IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈla(j)evʲɪtɕ]; English approximation: "nee-kuh-LAH-yeh-vich".
The baby name Nikolayevich is a Male name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced Russian IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈla(j)evʲɪtɕ]; English approximation: "nee-kuh-LAH-yeh-vich".
Nikolayevich is Russian, Slavic in Origin.
Nikolayevich is an East Slavic patronymic meaning “son of Nikolay,” built from the masculine name Nikolay (Russian form of Nicholas) and the suffix -evich. Nikolay descends from Greek Nikolaos (nike “victory” + laos “people”), so the full sense is “descendant of the victory of the people.” In Russian, Belarusian, and Ukrainian naming customs it functions as a formal middle name rather than a given name.
The form is well attested across imperial and modern Russia in figures such as Aleksandr Nikolayevich (Tsar Alexander II) and Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy. Common transliterations include Nikolaevich and Nikolajevich; a French-influenced spelling Nikolayevitch also appears. Close equivalents in other East Slavic languages are Mykolayovych (Ukrainian) and Mikalajevič (Belarusian). The feminine counterpart is Nikolayevna. Related roots yield surnames like Nikolaev/Nikolayev. As a baby name, Nikolayevich is highly unconventional outside patronymic use.
Nikolayevich is exceptionally rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 2 recorded uses, across 2 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
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