Mikolaj
Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:
- Polish
Meaning & Origin of Mikolaj
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Polish
The Story of Mikolaj
The earliest SSA record of Mikolaj as a baby boy name dates back to 1994, when 7 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Mikolaj — #5,208 in the national rankings. About 42% of every Mikolaj on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Mikolaj last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 237 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Mikolaj
Mikolaj is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 237 births in the dataset. Mikolaj's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #5,208. Use the chart and map above to compare Mikolaj's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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