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Throughout the world, Nikolais (ניקולאי , Nikolais , Николаис ) is a rare male first name. The first name Nikolais is habitual in Southern Europe, particularly Greece, where it is a rare male name, and Albania. Very seldom, Nikolais is the last name as well as the forename.
Nikolais 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.