Nicol
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Abbreviation of Nicholas, a Greek name meaning ‘victory of the people’; in use from the 12th century
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nikol/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nicol is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country.
- CLChile≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- COColombia≈1 in 1.8K
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 3.2K
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.
- Colombia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 138 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈27,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Bolivia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Abbreviation of Nicholas, a Greek name meaning ‘victory of the people’; in use from the 12th century. Gaelic form Neacail.
Sources 1
- Scottish Surnames
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nicol 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO Colombia | #284 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Nicol | 84 |
| CL Chile | #298 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | 15 | Nicol | 91 |
| BO Bolivia | — | ≈9,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Nicol | 34 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 11K | 28 | Nicol | 29 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 5,838 | 1 in 1.8K | 5.8K | — | — |
| DO Dominican Republic | #139 | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Nicol | 28 |
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: SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); MVČR — living population register 2017; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Nicol is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Short form of Nicolas, from Greek nikē + laos, 'victory of the people'.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Short form of Nicolas; from Gk. Nikolaos 'victory of the people'.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Common medieval vernacular form of Nicholas, current until a relatively late period in Scotland, and now being revived in more general use. Modern use as a given name may owe something to the character Bailie Nicol Jarvie in Sir Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy. Variants: Nicoll, Nichol(l).
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
from a Scottish vernacular form of Nicholas.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In French, voir Nicole
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nicol Hugh Bairdb. 1796GBBritish surveyor
- Nicol Alexander Dalzellb. 1817GBScottish botanist (1817-1878)
- Andrew Thorneb. 1885GBnot in their usual nameBritish Army general (1885–1970)
- Nicol Williamsonb. 1936GBBritish actor (1936–2011)
- Nicol Stephenb. 1960GBBritish politician (born 1960)
- Nicol Paoneb. 1971USAmerican actress
- Nicol Pitrob. 1975DEGerman badminton player
- Nicol Davidb. 1983MYMalaysian squash player
- Nicol Čupkováb. 1992SKSlovak ice hockey player
- Nicol Delagob. 1996ITItalian alpine skier
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 91 sources across 43 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 5.8K | #246 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 2.9K | #272 |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 28 | #469 |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2021 | 15 | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- Where does the name Nicol come from?
- Abbreviation of Nicholas, a Greek name meaning ‘victory of the people’; in use from the 12th century. Gaelic form Neacail. Recorded by Scottish Surnames.
- Is Nicol a male or female name?
- Nicol is a female 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.
- What are other forms of the name Nicol?
- In the etymology graph, Neacel is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Nicol?
- A machine transcription gives /nikol/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Nicol mean?
- Recorded meaning: Abbreviation of Nicholas, a Greek name meaning ‘victory of the people’; in use from the 12th century.
- In which country does Nicol have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 27 thousand people named Nicol in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nicol.
- How common is the name Nicol?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 5,838 people named Nicol, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Nicol compared with other names?
- In Colombia, Nicol is the 284th most common given name of 106,067 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Nicol?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nicolThe 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, “Nicol” — the 284th most common given name in Colombia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.