Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Nicole

NICOLE

GENDER: Feminine

PRONOUNCED: nee-KOL (French), ni-KOL (English) [key]

Meaning & History

French feminine form of NICHOLAS, commonly used in the English-speaking world since the middle of the 20th century.

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VARIANTS: Nichole, Nikkole, Nikole (English), Nicol, Nikol (Czech)

DIMINUTIVES: Colette, Coline, Nicolette, Nicoline (French), Nicky, Nikki (English), Nicolet, Nicoline (Dutch)

MASCULINE FORMS: Nicholas, Nicolas (French), Nicholas (English), Nicolaas, Nikolaas (Dutch), Nicolaus, Nikolaus (German), Niklaus (German (Swiss)), Mikuláš, Mikoláš, Mikula, Nikola (Czech)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Nikole (Basque), Nikolina (Bulgarian), Nika, Nikolina (Croatian), Nikoleta (Greek), Nikolett (Hungarian), Lina, Nicoletta, Nicolina (Italian), Nikolina (Macedonian), Nikola (Polish), Nicoleta (Romanian), Nikolina (Serbian), Nikola (Slovak), Nika (Slovene), Nicolasa (Spanish)

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