Nikolaus - Meaning of Nikolaus

What does Nikolaus mean?

[ 3 syll. ni-ko-lau(s), nik-ola-us ] The baby boy name Nikolaus is pronounced NIY-Kow-Lah-S- †. Nikolaus' language of origin is Old Greek and it is used largely in the German language. Nikolaus is a form of the English and French Nicholas.

Forms of Nikolaus include the short forms Klaas (Dutch and German), Nico (Dutch, English, and German), and Niko (Finnish, German, and Slavic), the familiar forms Nicki (German) and Niki (German and Hungarian), and the variant spelling Nicolaus (German).

See also the related categories, greek and german.

Nikolaus is not frequently used as a baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. In 2018, out of the family of boy names directly linked to Nikolaus, Nicholas was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Nikolaus include Nangila, Nangilah, Nangyla, Nangylah, Niccolas, Nichalas, Nichelas, Nicholaas, Nicholaes, Nicholas, Nicholase, Nicholaus, Nicholias, Nicholos, Nicholus, Nickalus, Nickola, Nickolas, Nickolaus, and Nicolaas.

† English pronunciation for Nikolaus: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"



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