Nicola (name)

Nicola is a Latinised version of the Greek personal name Nikolaos (Νικόλαος), derived from Nikos meaning "victory", and laos meaning "people", therefore implying the meaning "Victory of the people". The English form of the same name is Nicholas. Nicola was a frequently given male personal name among the traditional Italian nobility, and was used often in the Middle Ages.^[1]

In the UK and Germany, the male form Nicola has been used as a female name, which originally came from incorrectly presuming the name's vowel ending "a" was the female form, as has also occurred with the male given name Andrea. The female form of Nicola in Italian is Nicoletta. Less commonly, the name is spelled "Nichola" or "Nickola". Other forms of the female name in other languages include Nicole or Nicolette in French, Nikolett or Nikoletta in Hungarian, Νικολέττα or Νίκη in Greek.

The spelling Nikola is widely used in Slavic language speaking areas, reflecting the transliteration of the Cyrillic spelling Никола.

Name days[]

21 March and 10 September (Hungary)
29 August (Slovakia)
20 November (Czech Republic)
6 December, in line with Saint Nicholas (Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Latvia)
19 December, Saint Nikola (Serbia)

Given name[]

A–L[]

Nicola Abbagnano (1901–1990), Italian existential philosopher
Nicola Adams (born 1982), English boxer
Nicola Amoruso (born 1974), Italian football player
Nicola Asuni (born 1973), Italian sprinter
Nicola Barr (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
Nicola Benedetti (born 1987), Scottish classic violinist
Nicola Berti (born 1967), Italian football player
Nicola Best, British statistician
Nicola Blackwood-Bate (born 1979), British politician
Nicola Boem (born 1989), Italian road cyclist
Nicola Bolger (born 1993), Australian football player
Nicola Bombacci (1879–1945), Italian Marxist revolutionary
Nicola Brogan, Northern Irish politician
Nicola Brown (disambiguation)
Nicola Calipari (1953–2005), Italian military intelligence officer with the rank of major general
Nicola Conte, Italian DJ and producer
Nicola Coughlan (born 1987), Irish actress
Nicola Di Bari (born 1940), Italian singer-songwriter
Nicola Docherty (born 1992), Scottish footballer
Nicola Edgington (born 1980), British murderer
Nicola Fairbrother (born 1970), British judoka
Nicola Filippo (born 1957), American artist
Nicola Gobbo, Australian lawyer
Nicola Griffith (born 1960), British author
Nicola de la Haie (died 1230), English landowner and military administrator
Nicola Jackson (born 1984), British swimmer
Nicola Jackson (artist) (born 1960), New Zealand artist
Nicola King, fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
Nicola Larini (born 1964), racing driver
Nicola Legrottaglie (born 1976), Italian football player
Nicola Luisotti (born 1961), Italian musician

M–Z[]

Nicola Mendelsohn (born 1971), British advertising executive
Nicola McEwen, FRSE professor of territorial politics at the University of Edinburgh, Centre on Constitutional Change.
Nicola Pagett (1945–2021), English actress
Nicola Peltz (born 1995), American actress
Nicola Philippaerts (born 1993), Belgian show jumping rider
Nicola Pierce (born 1969), Irish writer and ghost writer
Nicola Piovani (born 1946), classical musician
Nicola Pisano (1220s–1284), Italian sculptor
Nicola Pozzi (born 1986), Italian football player
Nicola Ann Raphael (1985–2001), Scottish schoolgirl who committed suicide
Nicola Rauti (born 2000), Italian football player
Nicola Rescigno (1916–2008), Italian-American opera conductor
Nicola Richards (born 1994), British politician
Nicola Rizzoli (born 1971), Italian football referee
Nicola Roberts (born 1985), British popstar, member of Girls Aloud
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (1920-1991), Russian-Italian operatic bass
Nicola Rubinstein, fictional character on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
Nicola Sacco (1891–1927), Italian-American anarchist ("Sacco and Vanzetti")
Nicola Shulman (born 1960), British biographer
Nicola Smith (born 1949), English bridge player
Nicola Smith (footballer) (born 1980), New Zealand football player
Nicola Sturgeon (born 1970), Leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party and the current First Minister of Scotland
Nicola Tappenden (born 1982), British glamour model
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), inventor, engineer
Nicola Walker (born 1970), British actress
Nicola (Okanagan leader) (1780/85 – ~1865), important First Nations political figure in the fur trade era of British Columbia, Canada

Surname[]

Carlos Nicola (born 1973), Uruguayan former footballer
Davide Nicola (born 1973), Italian football manager and retired player
Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959), Italian jurist, journalist, politician and provisional Head of State of republican Italy from 1946 to 1948
Isaac Nicola (1916–1997), Cuban guitarist
Lewis Nicola (1717–1807), Irish-American military officer during the American Revolutionary War, author of the Newburgh letter
Marcelo Nicola (born 1971), Argentine-Italian basketball coach and retired player

References[]

^ The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints, compiled by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, 1275. First edition published 1470.

[1] The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints, compiled by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, 1275. First edition published 1470.

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