Nicholas
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English Nicholas, from Old French Nicholas, from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + λαός (laós, “people”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/, /ˈnɪk.ləs/
Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪkələs, -ɪkləs
- Homophone: knickerless (non-rhotic)
Proper noun
Nicholas (countable and uncountable, plural Nicholases)
- 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- 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?
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States.
- A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
Derived terms
Related terms
male given names
pet forms
female given names
surnames
- Coales
- Cole
- Coles
- Colin
- Coll
- Collard
- Colle
- Collen
- Collet
- Collett
- Collin
- Colling
- Collinge
- Collings
- Collins
- Collinson
- Collis
- Collison
- Colls
- Collyns
- Colson
- Coules
- Coulson
- Cowles
- Cowling
- Nichol
- Nicholds
- Nicholl
- Nicholls
- Nichols
- Nicholson
- Nickalls
- Nickel
- Nickell
- Nickells
- Nickels
- Nickerson
- Nickisson
- Nickle
- Nickless
- Nicklin
- Nickolds
- Nickolls
- Nickols
- Nicks
- Nickson
- Nicol
- Nicolas
- Nicoll
- Nicolls
- Nicolson
- Nix
- Nixon
- Nixson
Translations
male given name
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French Nicholas, from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nicholas
- a male given name associated with Saint Nicholas of Myra.
Descendants
References
- “Nicholas, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-30.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).
Proper noun
Nicholas
- a male given name
Descendants
- Middle English: Nicholas