Meaning of name Nick

The name Nick has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Nick is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 804 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Nick fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 99 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 989 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Nick in the USA, over the past 100 years.

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

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

The following names are baby names related to Nick and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Nick: 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 Nick 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 Nick 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 Nick to be: Jolly and generous

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

See other "generous" names for boys.