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Nicole

Say it nih-KOHL

Greek origin from Nicholas, victory + people 2 syllables

Sister names Middle names Deal sisters

Where Nicole is loved, common and rare

Common across Italy and two more places. Rare in five German cities, Poland, Sweden and 12 more places.

1 in 2,113 girls born in Ireland in 2025

Every place

In 22 of the 40 official lists, among them Italy (16th), Munich (145th) and Poland (154th).

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PlaceRankGirlsShare
Italy16th 20241,6291 in 110
Munich city145th 20259about 1 in 466
Poland154th 2025651 in 1,843
Sweden172nd 202552about 1 in 772
Catalonia region184th 2025231 in 838
British Columbia province240th 202313about 1 in 920
Berlin city257th 202312about 1 in 1,209
Austria270th 2025211 in 1,701
Ontario province298th 202442about 1 in 1,297
Cologne city308th 20233about 1 in 2,048
Switzerland353rd 2025201 in 1,700
Ireland381st 2025101 in 2,113
England and Wales412th 2025991 in 2,558
Quebec province412th 202512about 1 in 2,167
Norway424th 202561 in 3,633
The Netherlands523rd 202524about 1 in 2,542
France816th 2025451 in 6,373
Israel ניקול1008th 20245about 1 in 15,695
Moscow city Николь48th 2025291rank only
Rostock city92nd 20252about 1 in 492
Bonn city173rd 20253about 1 in 1,005
Leipzig city344th 20251about 1 in 2,624

Rare, below the listed names: Scotland, Northern Ireland, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Hungary and Slovenia.

Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).

Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.

Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.

Moscow publishes names in Cyrillic. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.

Sources: ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Moscow Civil Registry Office (ZAGS), data.mos.ru (Moscow); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source

About the name

Nicole came into English from French, where it is the feminine of Nicolas. It therefore shares the Greek meaning of Nicholas, built from words for 'victory' and 'people'.

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Two syllables, said nih-KOHL, with the stress on the second. Nikki and Nicki are the familiar short forms. Nikol and Nicolle are alternative spellings, and Colette and Nicolette are related French names.

French records show it at its height in the 1940s, and it has been familiar in many countries since. Today it is most popular in Italy, where it is a top-20 name, and it is also used in Poland and Sweden. In English-speaking countries it appears in British Columbia, Ontario and Ireland, and is rising in several regions, so it remains in steady use.

Meaning, origin, pronunciation

Pronounced
nih-KOHL, 2 syllables
Meaning
from Nicholas, victory + people
Origin
Greek
Other spellings
  • Nikol
  • Nicki
  • Nikki
  • Nicolle
  • Colette
  • Coline
  • Nicolette
  • Nicoline
  • Nicol
  • Nicolaia
  • Nicoletta
  • Nikole
  • Micole
Etymology

Borrowed from French Nicole, the feminine form of Nicolas (“Nicholas”).

From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.

Over time

Over five years: rising in 8 of 21 regions, falling in 5.

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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.

Italy 38th 1999 to 16th 2024
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Munich 154th 2013 to 145th 2025
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Poland 67th 2000 to 154th 2025
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Sweden 80th 1998 to 172nd 2025
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Catalonia 190th 1997 to 184th 2025
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British Columbia 6th 1996 to 240th 2023
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Ten years of ranks

Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.

Region2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
England and Wales181205225194279260290347328412
Scotland179220275191399324342638
Northern Ireland202296179200333350266407
Ireland101103107141138158186143191381
Ontario110180165256192234291291298
British Columbia281257313375290326234240
South Australia174272
Quebec344379475715378637499578787412
France1065856829925839780779745831816
The Netherlands465503633645816714594617523
Austria154156219295231265304232237270
Switzerland154176227254350235204244300353
Berlin204281352398299301301257
Munich212107178194152148145
Cologne316599299684251322318308
Bonn220365359371357239176173
Leipzig253193411378129215357344
Rostock28319920212217492
Norway381297371347331258436357298424
Sweden102110112112105111119160155172
Catalonia87129109108110127134150154184
Italy141415161316161616
Poland118140168158178183155169166154
Moscow5147474446544948
Israel2653483483773884586135601008

England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

YearRankGirlsper 100,000 girls
20254129939.1
202432813150.8
202334712448.3
202229015558.8
202126018166.0
202027916762.2
201919425089.3
201822522578.1
201720525685.6
201618130097.7
2015162336109.1
2014141388126.5
2013138389126.1
2012119488151.5
201197605188.3
201092642200.0
200988691220.5
200878784248.3
200784707231.0
200677772258.0
200568823285.5
200464876306.4
200359934335.2
2002451,077402.8
2001451,111414.6
2000441,138416.6
1999421,312465.8
1998361,577545.3
1997371,569535.2
1996361,679567.2

Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.

France since 1925

Half of the babies named Nicole in France since 1925 were born in or after 1947. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 1943, at 3,893.6 per 100,000 girls.

02,5005,0001940196019802000202002,5005,00019602000

Babies named Nicole per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 1943 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.

Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Sister names for Nicole

  1. 1 in 1,214 in Northern Ireland

  2. 1 in 405 in Northern Ireland

  3. 1 in 80 in Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 5,282 in Ireland

  5. 1 in 1,415 in England and Wales

  6. 1 in 5,964 in Scotland

  7. 1 in 911 in Northern Ireland

  8. 1 in 3,578 in Scotland

  9. 1 in 14,071 in England and Wales

  10. 1 in 660 in Ireland

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Middle names for Nicole

  1. 1 in 71 in Scotland

  2. 1 in 78 in Northern Ireland

  3. 1 in 57 in Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 99 in Scotland

  5. 1 in 311 in Ireland

  6. 1 in 88 in Scotland

  7. 1 in 162 in England and Wales

  8. 1 in 214 in Northern Ireland

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Same style as Nicole

Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.

  1. 1 in 1,408 in Ireland

  2. 1 in 5,282 in Ireland

  3. 1 in 311 in Ireland

  4. 1 in 405 in Northern Ireland

  5. 1 in 80 in Northern Ireland

  6. 1 in 880 in Ireland

  7. 1 in 2,783 in England and Wales

  8. 1 in 3,578 in Scotland

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Famous people named Nicole

Nicole Kidman, Nicole Scherzinger, Nicole Seibert, Nicole Gale Anderson, Nicole Richie, Nicole Vaidišová, Nicole Stott and Nicole Fontaine.

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People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.

Questions about Nicole

5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.

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How popular is Nicole?

Her best rank is No. 16 in Italy in 2024, about 1 in 110 girls. She is in the published lists of 22 of our 40 regions.

What does Nicole mean?

Nicole takes her meaning from Nicholas: "victory + people", per Wiktionary.

How do you pronounce Nicole?

nih-KOHL, with 2 syllables.

Is Nicole getting more popular?

Over five years: rising in 8 of 21 regions, falling in 5.

Which sister names go with Nicole?

The deck's top five sisters for Nicole: Catherine, Lydia, Annie, Carmen and Madeleine. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.

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