Nicola (name)
Nikola is a female and male first name.
Origin and Meaning
Nikola is a variant of the given name Nicholas. It is also common for women in some countries in this form. Meaning: Victory of the people
Variants
- Nicola
- Nick - English short form of Nicholas
- Niclas - the form of Niklas
- Nico - Italian short form of Nicola
- Nikole - Germanized version of Nicole
- Nikolina - Serbian and Croatian form
Well-known bearers of the name
- Nikola (1841-1921), prince or king of Montenegro
- Nikola Gjosevski (* 1979), Macedonian football player
- Nikola Gjusselew ( b. 1936 ), Bulgarian opera singer
- Nikola Gligorov (* 1983), Macedonian football player
- Nikola Gruevski (born 1970 ), Macedonian Prime Minister
- Nikola Jevtić ( born 1984 ), Serbian football player
- Nikola Jurčević (born 1966 ), Croatian football player and coach
- Nikola Karabatic ( born 1984 ), a French handball player
- Nikola Karev (1877-1905), president of the 10-day Republic of Krusevo
- Nikola Manojlovic ( born 1981 ), Serbian handball player
- Nikola Mitkov (* 1971), Macedonian chess grandmaster
- Nikola Muschanow (1872-1951), Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister
- Nikola Pašić (1845-1926), Serbian politician and statesman
- Nikola Pilić ( born 1939 ), Croatian tennis player and coach
- Nikola Prce ( b. 1980 ), Bosnian - Herzegovinian handball player
- Nikola Šafarić ( born 1981 ), Croatian football player
- Nikola Sarcevic ( born 1974 ), Swedish singer and bassist
- Nikola Šuhaj (1898-1921), European robbers
- Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Serbian - American inventor and electrical engineer
- Nikola Wapzarow (1909-1942), Bulgarian poet
- Nikola Žigić ( born 1980 ), Serbian football player
- Nikola Zrinski Šubić (1508-1566), Croatian commander
Famous names winners
- Nikola Hahn ( born 1963 ), German detective author
- Nikola Holmes ( born 1981 ), German ice hockey national team
- Nikola Lutz (* 1970), German composer and saxophonist
- Nikola Richter (* 1976), German writer