Meaning of name Kolya

The name Kolya has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Kolya is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Kolya for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Nicholas, of which the name Kolya is a variant.

The name Kolya is very likely a(n) Russian variant of the name Nicholas. See other suggested Russian boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Nicholas.

The following names are baby names related to Kolya and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Kolya: Boys - Cole, Dard, Jerome, Julian, Narcisse, Nico, Stephen, Girls - Andria, Damalis, Damans, Damia, Damiana, Effa, Eudora, Eugenia, Iphigeneia, Kristine, Marlys, Narcissa, Both genders - Agnes, Beryl

The name Kolya is a variant of Nicholas. Other popular variants of the name Nicholas are: Colas (French), Cole, Collin (French), Klaus (German), Kolya (Russian), Lasse (Finnish), Launo (Finnish), Miklos (Hungarian), Mikolaj (Polish), Mikolas (Czech), Milosz (Polish), Neacal (Gaelic), Nic, Niccolas, Nichalas, Nichelas, Nick (English), Nickolas (English), Nicol (Scottish), Nicolae (Hungarian), Nicolai (Russian), Nicolas (French), Nicolau (Portuguese), Nicolaus (German), Niilo (Finnish), Nikita (Russian), Niklas (Scandinavian), Niklaus (German), Niko (Greek), Nikolao (Hawaiian), Nikolaos (Greek), Nikolas (Greek), Nikolos (Greek), Nikos (Greek), Nioclas (Irish), Niocol (Irish)

We think the name Kolya should fall under the following style category: Catholic.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Kolya to be: Jolly and generous

In one word, you might describe Kolya as a(n) "generous" person.

See other "generous" names for boys.