All over the world, Kolja (Коля 
, Kolja 
) is a common principally masculine, but very infrequently feminine first name. The given name Kolja is habitual in Eastern Europe, particularly Moldova, where it is quite a common male name, Belarus, and Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare principally feminine, but very seldom masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Eastern Europe, particularly Russia, Moldova, and Belarus. Likewise, Kolja is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Коля | Moldova, Russia, Germany, Armenia, Belarus |
| Kolja | Serbia, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Belarus |
Kolja is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nicholai Zinoviev , the fictional character from the video game series Resident Evil, Resident Evil 3; Nikolai Rostov , the fictional character from War and Peace; Prince Nikolay Bolkonsky , the father of Prince Andrey Bolkonsky, War and Peace; Nikolai Sergueych Ikhmenev , the character from Dostoyevsky's Humiliated and Insulted and Nikolai Orelov , the Assassin’s Creed character, Assassin's Creed, and in many other works.
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kolja brandt German cinematographer, DE (b. 1969) |
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kolja afriyie German footballer, DE (b. 1982) |
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kolja malik German film director and screenwriter, DE (b. 1990) |
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kolja pusch German footballer, DE (b. 1993) |
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| kolja kubíček Czech lawyer, CZ (b. 1945) |
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| kolja lessing pianist, DE (b. 1961) |
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| kolja blacher German musician and violinist, DE (b. 1963) |
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| kolja kleeberg German cook, DE (b. 1964) |
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| kolja spöri Swiss sponsorship agent, CH (b. 1969) |
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| kolja mensing German literary critic, writer and journalist, DE (b. 1971) |
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| kolja nielsen (b. 1968) |
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| kolja kopton DE (b. 1970) |
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| kolja eppert researcher |
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| kolja becker researcher |
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| kolja kauder physicist at Wayne State University |
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