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Nicholas is a widely used name; it has 51 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of Nicholas used in English include Collin, Nicklaus, Nickolas, and Nico (used in German too). Other English variants include the short forms Nic, Nick, Nicol (used in Scottish too), and Nik, and the pet forms Colin and Nicky. Foreign variants of Nicholas include Claus (Dutch and German), Klaas (Dutch and German), Klaus (German), Kolja (Russian), Kolya (Russian), Launo (Finnish), Micolau (Catalan), Miklós (Hungarian), Mikolaj (Polish), Mikolás (Czech), Neacal (Scottish), Niccolò (Italian), Nicki (German), Nicklas (German and Scandinavian), Niclaus (German), Nicola (German and Italian), Nicolaas (Dutch), Nicolae (Romanian), Nicolai (Russian), Nicolao (Spanish), Nicolas (French), Nicolau (Catalan and Portuguese), Nicolaus (German), Nicolás (Spanish), Nicolo (Italian), Nicolò (Italian), Niels (Scandinavian), Niilo (Finnish), Niki (German), Niklas (German and Scandinavian), Niklaus (German), Niko (German), Nikola (Hungarian and Slavic), Nikolai (Russian), Nikolaj (Russian), Nikolas (German), Nikolaus (German), Nikos (Greek), Nils (Scandinavian), and Nioclas (Irish). Another foreign variant is the pet form Nisse (Scandinavian). See also the related form, Nicodemus (English). Nicholas is very popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1900s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of occasional use only. At the peak of its usage in 1995, 1.451% of baby boys were given the name Nicholas. It ranked at #6 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2007, its usage was 0.648% and its ranking #20, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all boy names in its group. In 2007, 4 times more boys were named Nicholas than the next most popular name, Colin (English). Nicholas has mostly been a boy name, though in the past century it has also been used for girls. In 1987, the name Nicholas was given to 140 times as many boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Nicholas include Nicolas (French), Nicolás (Spanish), Nikolas (German), Nicklaus (English), Nickolas (English), Nicolaas (Dutch), Nicolaus (German), Nikolaus (German), Nioclas (Irish), Nicklas (German and Scandinavian), Niklas (German and Scandinavian), and Niklaus (German). KEY: Pronunciation for Nicholas: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" Details of famous persons named Nicholas:
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