Nikolas

Where Nikolas comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Nikolas.

Nikolas through the years
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #3,175 among boys with 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, its best rank.
  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

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

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.