Nikoláos
given name · Latin script
Nikoláos is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Uruguay it is the most common given name. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νικάω (nikáō, “I conquer”) + λαός (laós, “people”). Doublet of Nicholas.
- GRGreece1 in 37as Νικόλαος(measured from records)
- CYCyprus1 in 84as Νικολας
- FRFrance≈1 in 179as Nicolas
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Nikoláos itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #127 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 639 (measured from records)
- 1 in 37 (inferred from the name graph)
711,305 named Nicholas, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Greece, as Νικόλαος
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Nicolas in FR France, BR Brazil, UY Uruguay, Nicholas in US United States, IT Italy, Νικολαος in GR Greece and Nicola in CZ Czechia.
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)
- GreekΝικόλαοςNikólaos(measured from records)
- Ancient GreekΝικόλαοςNikólaos(measured from records)
- Ancient Greek rootνικάωnikáō“I conquer”(measured from records)
Borrowed from Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νικάω (nikáō, “I conquer”) + λαός (laós, “people”). Doublet of Nicholas.
Sources 3
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nikoláos 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #108 | 711,305as Nicholas | 1 in 468 | 710K | Nicholas | 639 |
| FR France | — | ≈380,000 est. | ≈1 in 179 | 406K | Nicolas | 127 |
| BR Brazil | #316 | 310,593as Nicolas | 1 in 682 | 311K | Nicolas | 197 |
| GR Greece | #25 | 290,329as Νικόλαος | 1 in 37 | 570K | Νικολαος | 210 |
| IT Italy | #202 | ≈200,000 est. | ≈1 in 318 | 681 | Nicholas | 190 |
| CZ Czechia | #739 | 75,992as Nikola | 1 in 141 | 76K | Nicola | 63 |
| HR Croatia | — | 32,304as Nikola | 1 in 131 | 32K | — | 2 |
| CY Cyprus | #24 | 15,068as Νικολας | 1 in 84 | 15K | Nikolaos | 75 |
| UY Uruguay | #1 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 263 | 1 | Nicolas | 121 |
711,305 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ELSTAT — population given names; According to a survey conducted by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), the most popular male and female names i; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012); MVČR — living population register 2017; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 6 | #7,421 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Nikoláos mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νικάω (nikáō, “I conquer”) + λαός (laós, “people”). Doublet of Nicholas. Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- Is Nikoláos a male or female name?
- Nikoláos 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 Nikoláos have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 711 thousand people named Nicholas, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Nikoláos most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Nikoláos itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Greece's: the national register counts about 1 in 37 people named Νικόλαος.
- How common is the name Nikoláos?
- In the United States, the national register counted 711,305 people named Nicholas in 2020, about 1 in 468 residents.
- How common is Nikoláos compared with other names?
- In the United States, Nikoláos is the 108th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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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, “Nikoláos” — the 108th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.