Nikolai
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English
Proper noun
Nikolai
- A city in Alaska.
- A transliteration of the Russian male given name Николай (Nikolaj), equivalent to Nicholas.
Danish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nikolai
- a male given name, variant of Nicolai
Finnish
Etymology
From Russian Никола́й (Nikoláj). Cognate to English Nicholas, and to Finnish Niilo.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nikolai
- a male given name
Usage notes
- Used for czars of Russia. Popular as a middle name of Finns around 1900.
Declension
| Inflection of Nikolai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Nikolai | Nikolait | ||
| genitive | Nikolain | Nikolaiden Nikolaitten | ||
| partitive | Nikolaita | Nikolaita | ||
| illative | Nikolaihin | Nikolaihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Nikolai | Nikolait | ||
| accusative | nom. | Nikolai | Nikolait | |
| gen. | Nikolain | |||
| genitive | Nikolain | Nikolaiden Nikolaitten | ||
| partitive | Nikolaita | Nikolaita | ||
| inessive | Nikolaissa | Nikolaissa | ||
| elative | Nikolaista | Nikolaista | ||
| illative | Nikolaihin | Nikolaihin | ||
| adessive | Nikolailla | Nikolailla | ||
| ablative | Nikolailta | Nikolailta | ||
| allative | Nikolaille | Nikolaille | ||
| essive | Nikolaina | Nikolaina | ||
| translative | Nikolaiksi | Nikolaiksi | ||
| abessive | Nikolaitta | Nikolaitta | ||
| instructive | — | Nikolain | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Statistics
- Nikolai is the 446th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 556 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,389 more, making it much more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 8 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Norwegian
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Nikolai
- a male given name from Latin Nīcolāī (genitive), equivalent to English Nicholas