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Nicholas

Meaning

From the Greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos) which meant "victory of the people" from Greek νικη (nike) "

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Based on famous people named Nicholas and cultural associations, this name tends to be associated with:

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Famous People Named Nicholas

Nicholas Lemann

Nicholas Berthelot Lemann is an American writer and academic, the Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor of Journalism and Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Journalism at the Columbia.

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Nicholas Lanier

Nicholas Lanier, sometimes Laniere (baptised 10 September 1588 – buried 24 February 1666) was an English composer and musician; the first to hold the title of Master of the King's Music from 1625 to.

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Nicholas Staggins

Nicholas Staggins (died 13 June 1700) was an English composer.

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Nicholas Udall

Nicholas Udall (or Uvedale Udal, Woodall, or other variations) (1504 – 23 December 1556) was an English playwright, cleric, schoolmaster, the author of Ralph Roister Doister, generally regarded as.

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Nicholas Rémy

Nicholas Rémy, Latin Remigius (1530–1616) was a French magistrate who claimed in his book to have overseen the execution of more than 800 witches and the torture or persecution of a similar number.

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Nicholas in Other Languages

Ancient GreekNicolaus
Ancient GreekNikolaos
BasqueNikole
BulgarianNikol
BulgarianNikolina
CatalanNicolau
CroatianLina
CroatianNika
CroatianNikolina

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