In the entire world, Николай (Николай 
, Nikolay 
, Nikolai , among others...) is a prevalent masculine first name. The first name Николай is characteristic of Russia, where it is a prevalent masculine name, Kazakhstan, and Bulgaria, where it is a common male name (explore the name in all countries). Very seldom, Николай is the last name as well as the forename.
Николай is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| Николай | Germany, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Russia |
| Mykola, Nicolai, Nikolaj, Nikolai, Nikolay | Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Denmark, Russia |
| Mikołaj | Germany, Poland, Spain, Denmark, United States |
| Nicolay | Germany, Belarus, Bulgaria, Denmark, Russia |
| Nicolaj | Germany, Spain, Denmark, United States, Romania |
| Мікалай | Ukraine, Belarus |
| Nikolajs | Germany, Spain, United States, Romania, Russia |
| Mikola | Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, United States, Russia |
| Nickolay | Germany, Bulgaria, United States, Israel, Russia |
| Ніколай | Ukraine |
| Nikolaï | Italy, Russia, France |
| Onishchuk | Belarus, Poland, Italy, United States, Russia |
| Nikolái | Peru |
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Николай is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Николай Петрович Кирсанов , character in Fathers and Sons; Nick Wilde , the Zootopia character; Николай Николаевич Мирза-Булат-Тугановский , character in The Bracelet of Garnets; Nick Fury , the fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Infinity War and Nicholai Zinoviev , the fictional character from the video game series Resident Evil, Resident Evil 3, and in many other works.
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николай святоша monk of Kiev Pechersk Lavra, UA (b. 1080) |
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николай «рыжий» радзивилл Great Hetman of Lithuania (1512-1584), BY (b. 1512) |
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радзивилл, николай Polish-Lithuanian noble, BY (b. 1546) |
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| николай потоцкий UA (b. 1517) |
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пац, николай стефан Polish bishop, BY (b. 1623) |
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| струсь, николай Polish noble, UA (b. 1577) |
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| чарторыйский, николай ежи Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth noble and politician, UA (b. 1585) |
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| торосович, николай Armenian Catholic archbishop of Lviv, UA (b. 1605) |
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| кисель, николай UA (b. 1605) |
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| николай павлович дилецкий Baroque Russian-Ukrainian composer and music theorist, UA (b. 1630) |
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корф, николай андреевич LV (b. 1710) |
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тышкевич, николай михайлович Lithuanian nobleman, LT (b. 1721) |
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николай никитич поповский Russian poet, RU (b. 1730) |
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николай репнин Russian Field Marshal and politician (1734-1801), RU (b. 1734) |
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николай иванович салтыков Field Marshal of Russia, RU (b. 1736) |
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