Nicola is a girl's name of Italian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 15 girls in the United States.
Nicola belongs to the Italian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Nicola first appears in Social Security records in 1920. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #762 in 1972, and in 2024 15 babies received the name — 5,066 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Nicola is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Italian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Nicola is a girl name. In 2024, 15 babies received the name in the US.
Nicola comes from the Italian tradition.
Nicola first appears in US records in 1920. Its best-ever ranking was #762 in 1972, and 15 babies were given the name in 2024.
Nicola is pronounced /ˈnɪ.kə.lə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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