Nicholas

Nicholas is from the Greek name, Nikolaos and means "People's Champion".

I'm from Greece and my name is Nicholas (the "official" version of the name in Greek is "Nikolaos", with the tone on the "ko" spell - that's how they baptize you - but afterwards and in 95% of the cases, they call you Nikos, with the tone on the "Ni" spell (this is the diminutive - the rest 5% is Nikolas, with the tone on the "ko" spell).
Note that, in Greek, when somebody refers to you, he/she says "Nikos is a teacher", but when they want to call you, then the final "s" falls, so they say "Hey, Niko, come here please").

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Nicholas stems from two Greek words: "niki" (it would be pronounced nee-kee in English, with the tone on "Nee"), which means "victory", and "Laos" (with the tone on "-os", which means "people" (with the meaning of "the Greek people", "the American people" etc. so Nikolaos, or Nicholas in the other languages, means "victory of the people".

Nicholas is not used in French, only Nicolas.

Santa Claus or St Nicholas is buried in the cathedral of the Italian city of Bari. Sailors from there stole the body from what is now Turkey in order to save it from Muslim invaders.

Nicholas , "ÍÉÊÏËÁÏÓ" (NIKOLAOS) in Greek, is derived from the characterisation "O ËÁÏÓ ÔÇÓ ÍÉÊÇÓ" : O LAOS TIS NIKIS, which in Greek means "the people of victory", actually meaning "the victorious people".

Sorry guys, I did not know that Greek spelling does not appear. So, Nicholas comes from the ancient Greek name "Nikolaos", which has its synthetical origin from the characterisation "O LAOS TIS NIKIS", meaning "the people of victory" or rather "the victorious people". This is the exact meaning.

Saint Nicholas was never canonized as a saint but rather it was a title given to him by the people when he was still alive.