Nikolas

Nicholas or Nikolas or Nicolas or Nickolas is a male given name, derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), a compound of νίκη nikē 'victory' and λαός; laos 'people', that is, victor of the people. The name became popular through Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the inspiration for Santa Claus. The name Nikolaos (Νικόλαος) pre-existed the Bishop of Myra who became Saint Nicholas, by several centuries. The Athenian historian Thucydides mentions that in the second year of the Peloponnesian war (431 to 404 BC) between Sparta and Athens, the Spartans sent a delegation to the Persian king to ask for his help to fight the Athenians; Nikolaos was one of the delegates. The customary English version of spelling "Nicholas", using an "h", first came into use in the 12th century and has been firmly established since the Reformation, though "Nicolas" is occasionally used. In the United States, Nicholas – and its variations – was the 17th most popular male name given to babies in 2006. Roughly 0.7151% of the baby boys born that year, or 15,414, were given that name. It is decreasing in popularity, from a high in 1997, when 27,248 males in the United States were given the name Nicholas. That year was the most popular year for Nicholas since 1880, when U.S. records were kept for given names.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers.

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Victory of the people.

Nicolas, Nikolaj, Nikola, Nikolaos, Nicholas, Nikolaas, Nikolla

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Alexa Nikolas	1992	Actress
2	Nikolas Cassadine
3	Nikolas Schreck		American musician and writer
4	Nikolas Ledgerwood	1985	Canadian association football player
5	Nikolas Rose	1947	British sociologist
6	Nikolas Antunes	1983	Brazilian television actor
7	Nikolas Kompridis		Canadian philosopher
8	Nikolas Katsigiannis	1982	German handball player
9	Nikolas Stihl	1960	German entrepreneur
10	Nikolas Asimos	1949	Greek composer, singer and actor
11	Nikolas Tsakos	1963	Greek businessman
12	Nikolas Brino	1998	American actor
13	Nikolas Gvosdev	1969	American academic
14	Nikolas Besagno	1988	American soccer player
15	Nikolas Papadopoulos	1973	Cypriot politician
16	Nikolas Špalek	1997	Slovak soccer player
17	Nikolas Schiller	1980	American photographer
18	Nikolas Metaxas	1988	Cypriot singer
19	Nikolas Asprogenis	1986	Cypriot footballer
20	Nikolas Streuf	1972	German politician and lawyer
21	Nikolas Maes	1986	Racing cyclist
22	Nikolas Tsattalios	1990	Australian soccer player
23	Nikolas Jaspert	1962	German medievalist
24	Nikolas Vogel	1967	Austrian-German film actor and news camera operator
25	Nikolas Benckiser	1903	German journalist
26	Nikolas Ormaetxea	1888	Spanish writer (1888-1961)
27	Nikolas Nicolaou	1979	Cypriot footballer
28	Nikolas Sideris	1977	Greek composer
29	Nikolas Proesmans	1992	Footballer
30	Nikolas Kozloff	1969
31	Nikolas Busse	1969	German journalist
32	Nikolas Petrik	1984	Austrian ice hockey player
33	Nikolas Berger	1974	Olympic beach volleyball player
34	Nikolas Sylvester	2000
35	Nikolas Alzola	1922	Spanish painter and writer
36	Nikolas Köttstorfer	1979	German ice hockey player
37	Nikolas Ketner	1991	Czech ice hockey player
38	Zelai Nikolas	1968	Basque activist
39	Nikolas Tchorbadieff	1900
40	Nikolas Kuvung	1140
41	Nikolas Soraluze	1820
42	Nikolas Mouchlias	1969
43	Nikolas Barrenetxea Uribasterra	1898
44	Nikolas Martínez Ortiz de Zarate	1907
45	Nikolas Blain	1988
46	Nikolas Bausback
47	Nikolas Saira		Finnish association football player