Niccolò

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Boy · Greek

Niccolò

Say it: neek-koh-LOH

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Meaning

From Greek Nikolaos, from nike 'victory' and laos 'people'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

834 babies given this name since 1984
At its height in 2013, about 1 in 42,900 boys
28 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Other spellings: Nicolò, Niccolo

English	Nicholas
French	Nicolas
Spanish	Nicolás

Famous bearers

Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Paganini, violinist

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Where this comes from

Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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