Nicholas

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English Nicholas, from Old French Nicholas, from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) +‎ λαός (laós, “people”).

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Nicholas (countable and uncountable, plural Nicholases)

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Best known for St. Nicholas of Myre, on whom Father Christmas is based.
    • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
      Sirrah, if they meet not with Saint Nicholas’ clerks, I'll give thee this neck.
    • 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter LIII, in Middlemarch […], volume III, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book V, page 182:
      I must call you Nick—we always did call you young Nick when we knew you meant to marry the old widow. Some said you had a handsome family likeness to old Nick, but that was your mother's fault, calling you Nicholas. Aren't you glad to see me again?
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States.
  4. A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.

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male given names
pet forms
female given names
surnames

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Middle English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old French Nicholas, from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈnikɔlas/, /ˈnikɔlau̯s/

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Nicholas

  1. a male given name associated with Saint Nicholas of Myra.

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Nicholas
  • Scots: Nicholas

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Old French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).

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Nicholas

  1. a male given name

Descendants[edit]

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