Meaning of name Nicolai

The name Nicolai has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

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

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

The name Nicolai 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 Nicolai and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Nicolai: 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 Nicolai 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 Nicolai 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 Nicolai to be: Jolly and generous

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

See other "generous" names for boys.