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View Name: Nikolai


NIKOLAI
GENDER: Masculine
OTHER SCRIPTS: Николай (Russian, Bulgarian)
PRONOUNCED: nee-kah-LIE (Russian)   [key]
Meaning & History
Russian and Bulgarian form of NICHOLAS. A notable bearer was Nikolai Gogol, a 19th-century Russian novelist.
Related Names
VARIANT: Nikola (Bulgarian)
DIMINUTIVE: Kolya (Russian)
FEMININE FORM: Nikolina (Bulgarian)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Nicolaus, Nikolaos (Ancient Greek), Nikola (Basque), Nicolau (Catalan), Nikola, Nikica, Niko, Nikša (Croatian), Mikuláš, Mikoláš, Mikula, Nikola (Czech), Nikolaj, Claus, Klaus, Niels, Nikolaus (Danish), Nicolaas, Nikolaas, Klaas, Nick, Nico, Niek (Dutch), Nicholas, Colin, Collin, Nic, Nick, Nickolas, Nicky, Nikolas (English), Nikolao, Niĉjo (Esperanto), Nigul (Estonian), Niklas, Klaus, Niilo, Niko, Nikolaus (Finnish), Nicholas, Nicolas (French), Nicolau (Galician), Nikoloz (Georgian), Nicolaus, Nikolaus, Claus, Klaas, Klaus, Nickolaus, Nico (German), Niklaus (German (Swiss)), Nicolaos, Nikolaos, Nikolas (Greek), Miklós, Nikola (Hungarian), Nioclás (Irish), Niccolò, Nicola, Nicolò, Nico (Italian), Nikolajs (Latvian), Nikola, Nikolche (Macedonian), Col (Medieval English), Klaus, Nikolaus, Nils (Norwegian), Mikołaj (Polish), Nicolau, Nico (Portuguese), Nicolae, Neculai, Nicu, Nicușor (Romanian), Neacel, Nicol, Nichol (Scottish), Nikola, Nikica (Serbian), Mikuláš (Slovak), Miklavž, Nikola, Nikolaj, Nik, Niko (Slovene), Nicolao, Nicolás, Nico (Spanish), Niklas, Claes, Klas, Nels, Nikolaus, Nils (Swedish), Mykola (Ukrainian)
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