Nikolas

Where Nikolas comes from

Nikolas hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #3,175 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Nikolas Tombazis born
    Greek racing car designer
  3. 1998
    Peak, #286
    1,007 babies named Nikolas — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2000
    Nikolas Nartey born
    Danish association football player
  5. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #557.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Nikolas Tombazis · Greek racing car designer, born 1968
  • Nikolas Nartey · Danish association football player, born 2000
  • Nikolas Ioannou · Cypriot professional footballer, born 1995
  • Nikolas Maes · racing cyclist, born 1986
  • Nikolas Ledgerwood · Canadian association football player, born 1985

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.