The first name Nicolas stands for ‘victorious people’. This is the Scandinavian form for Nicholas, which consists of the Greek parts of speech ‘nikē’ for ‘victory’ and ‘láos’ for ‘people.
Nicolas is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The name Nicolas isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Nicolas ranks 186. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 12 were named Nicolas. In the entire USA, approximately 92,291 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Nicolas. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
The first name Nicolas stands for ‘victorious people’. This is the Scandinavian form for Nicholas, which consists of the Greek parts of speech ‘nikē’ for ‘victory’ and ‘láos’ for ‘people.
In Greek mythology,... the goddess Nike personified victory in any field including art, war, music, and athletics. She is often portrayed with wings.
The name Nicolas may not be in the top rankings of the most popular boys’ names, but it is one of the few male given names, along with only 385 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Nicolas is apparently especially popular in Florida. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular men’s names here either, one in 686 men in Florida is called Nicolas. In total, that’s 8,083 people who feel addressed when the name Nicolas is shouted loudly across Florida and who ensure that their name makes it to #143 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common male names in this nice state. If you asked all people in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Nicolas as the answer a total of 92,291 times. This places Nicolas at #298 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular male names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living people across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Nicolas as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: 3.0% of all common boys' names in the US begin with an N. This means that N as the first letter for boys' names is neither particularly common nor rare. The most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With seven letters, the name Nicolas has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Thus, if 3.0% of all boys’ names start with an N, this initial letter is slightly less common than all other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with N that are quite common in the U.S., the most common at present is Nicholas.
If your name is Nicolas and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Nicolas, you can simply say:
Nut
Igloo
Cat
Orange
Lion
Apple
Sun
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Nicolas
Nicolas
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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I
C
O
L
A
S
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
N
I
C
O
L
A
S
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Nicolas sounds like this:
