Nico

Where Nico comes from

Variant of Nick + -o.
— Wiktionary's entry for Nico
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Nico through the years
  1. 1960
    First appearance
    #3,665 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1985
    Nico Rosberg born
    German–Finnish former Formula 1 racing driver
  4. 1987
    Nico Hülkenberg born
    Formula One racing driver
  5. 2025
    Peak, #174
    2,066 babies named Nico, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Nichola.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
Namesakes
  • Nico Rosberg · German–Finnish former Formula 1 racing driver, born 1985
  • Nico Hülkenberg · Formula One racing driver, born 1987
  • Nico Schlotterbeck · German association football player, born 1999
  • Nico Elvedi · Swiss association football player, born 1996
  • Nico O'Reilly · English footballer, born 2005

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.