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Across the world, Kolya (Коля
, Kolya
, Колиа
) is a common predominantly boy's, but very infrequently female given name. The forename Kolya is characteristic of Eastern Europe, particularly Moldova, where it is quite a common masculine name, Belarus, and Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but very infrequently masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Eastern Europe, particularly Russia, Moldova, and Belarus. Likewise, Kolya is the last name as well as the forename.
Kolya 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.