Niccolò
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Nicola, equivalent to English Nicholas
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nikkolɔ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Niccolò is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- ITItaly≈1 in 6.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 285K
- USUnited States1 in 382K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 151 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Niccolo in US United States, PH Philippines, ES Spain and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Nicola, equivalent to English Nicholas
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Niccolò counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | #520 | ≈9,600 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | 567 | Niccolò | 151 |
| US United States | — | 871 | 1 in 382K | 869 | Niccolo | 135 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈790 est. | ≈1 in 340K | — | Niccolo | 7 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 285K | — | Niccolo | 34 |
| ES Spain | — | 186 | 1 in 269K | 186 | Niccolo | 23 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 66K | — | Niccolò | 19 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈71 est. | ≈1 in 166K | — | Niccolo | 7 |
| MD Moldova | — | 20 | 1 in 168K | 20 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Benedict XIb. 1240ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1303 to 1304
- Niccolò Machiavellib. 1469ITItalian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
- Niccolò Tartagliab. 1499ITItalian mathematician (1499–1557)
- Gregory XIVb. 1535ITnot in their usual namePope from 1590 to 1591 (1535–1591)
- Niccolò Jommellib. 1714ITItalian composer (1714–1774)
- Niccolò Piccinnib. 1728ITItalian composer
- Ugo Foscolob. 1778GRnot in their usual nameItalian writer and poet (1778–1827)
- Niccolò Paganinib. 1782ITItalian violinist and composer (1782–1840)
- Niccolò Tommaseob. 1802HRItalian linguist (1802-1874)
- Niccolò Ammanitib. 1966ITItalian writer (1966)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 20 | #2,043 |
| IT Italy | Il Grande Libro dei Nomi per Bebè (2020) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Niccolò mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Nicola, equivalent to English Nicholas Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Niccolò?
- In the etymology graph, Nicolas, Nicholas and Nick are forms of the same name in other languages; Nico is a recorded short or pet form.
- How do you pronounce Niccolò?
- A machine transcription gives /nikkolɔ/ (IPA) for Italian.
- Is Niccolò a male or female name?
- Niccolò is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Niccolò have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.6 thousand people named Niccolò in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled niccolò.
- How common is the name Niccolò?
- In the United States, the national register counted 871 people named Niccolò in 2020, about 1 in 382 thousand residents.
- How common is Niccolò compared with other names?
- In Italy, Niccolò is the 520th most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Niccolò?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/niccol%C3%B2The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Niccolò” — the 520th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.