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 [ 2 syll. ni-co-le, nic-ole ] The girl name Nicole is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced NihKOWL KEY. Nicole has its origins in the Old Greek language. It is used largely in English, French, and German. Nicole is a form of the English, German, and Italian Nicola. The short forms Nic (English) and Nico (English), the pet forms Cole (English), Coley (English), Nettie (English), Nicky (English), Nickye (English), Nicolette (English and French), Niki (German and Greek), Nikia (English), Nikita (English, French, and Russian), and Nikki (English), and the spelling variants Necole (English), Nichol (English), Nichole (English, French, and German), Nicholle (English), Nickol (English), Nickole (English), Nicol (English and German), Nicolle (English), Nikol (English), Nikole (English), Niquole (English), and Nykole (English) are forms of the name. Nicole is popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1980s. At the height of its usage in 1983, 1.252% of baby girls were named Nicole. It had a ranking of #7 then. The baby name has seen a decline in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #106 with a usage of only 0.158%, but it was nevertheless the most frequently used within all girl names in its family. Nicole has mainly been a girl name in the last century. There were 187 times more girls than boys who were named Nicole in 1989. Baby names that sound like Nicole include the English Nekoel, the English Nickole, the English Nicolle, the English Nikole, the English Nykole, the English Necole, the French Nichele, the French Nichelle, the English Nichol, the English, French, and German Nichole, the English Nicholle, the English Nickol, the English and German Nicol, the English Nikkole, the English Nikol, the English Niquole, the English Nacola, the Arabic Najila, the Italian Niccola, and the English Nickola. Details of famous persons named Nicole: KEY: Pronunciation for Nicole: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
