Nicolaos
Nikolaos is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη nikē 'victory' and λαός laos 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English form is Nicholas. In the bible, this is the name of a proselyte of Antioch and one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem.
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Nicolaos
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nikolaos is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη nikē 'victory' and λαός laos 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English form is Nicholas. In the bible, this is the name of a proselyte of Antioch and one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
The Story of Nicolaos
Nicolaos first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1971, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1975: 10 births, good for #3,428 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 52% of all recorded Nicolaoss. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2011 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 99 Nicolaoss have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Nicolaos
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About the name Nicolaos
Nicolaos is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 99 births in the dataset. Nicolaos's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #3,428. Use the chart and map above to compare Nicolaos'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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