Nicolae - Meaning of Nicolae

What does Nicolae mean?

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Nicolae

[ 3 syll. ni-co-lae, nic-ol-ae ] The baby boy name Nicolae is pronounced as NIHKowLAY †. Nicolae is a Romanian name of Old Greek origin. Nicolae is a variation of the name Nicholas (English and French).

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Nicolae is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. Within the group of boy names directly related to Nicolae, Nicholas was the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Nicolae include Nikoli, Nahiel, Nakula (Indian), Neahal, Niccolai, Niccolo (Italian), Niccolò (Italian), Nichola, Nicholai (Russian and Scandinavian), Nicholas (English and French), Nicola (Italian), Nicolai (Russian and Scandinavian), Nicolao (Spanish), Nicolas (English, French, and Spanish), Nicolau (Catalan and Portuguese), Nicolay, Nicoli, Nicolo (Italian), Nicolò (Italian), and Nigella (English).

† English pronunciation for Nicolae: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)"