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[ syll. nic, ni-c ] The baby boy name Nic is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is NIHK †. Nic is used chiefly in the English language, and its origin is Latin and Old Greek.
Nic is a short form of the name Dominic (English).
Nic is also a short form of the name Nicholas (English and French) in the English language.
See also the related category greek.
Nic is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In 2018, within the group of boy names directly linked to Nic, Nicholas was the most commonly used.
Baby names that sound like Nic include Nick (English), Nik (English), Nyke, Naaz, Nagesh (Indian), Naj, Naje, Nakes, Nanjee, Nas (Spanish and English), Nash (English and Hebrew), Nashe (English), Naz, Nácek (Czech), Neace, Nease, Neece, Neese, Neice, and Neise.
† approx pronunciation for Nic: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"