Nicolette

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Girl · Greek, through Old French

Nicolette

Say it: nee-koh-LET

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Meaning

Diminutive of Nicole, from Greek nikē 'victory' and laos 'people'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Best known from the 13th-century tale Aucassin et Nicolette.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1990s

In the United States

16,530 babies given this name since 1914
At its height in 1994, about 1 in 2,200 girls
121 babies in 2020

Through the ages

The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

The family of the name

English	Nicolette

Famous bearers

Nicolette, heroine of the chantefable Aucassin et Nicolette

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Where this comes from

Well-known works of literature
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.