Nicholas
Gender: M
Origin of Nicholas: Greek
Meaning of Nicholas: "people of victory"
Nicholas's Popularity in 2011: #42
Nicholas, though it has lost some ground (it was in the Top 10 from 1993 to 2002), is still a popular classic that would make an attractive, solid choice. A Greek name stemming from Nike, the goddess of victory, it is a New Testament name also well used in literature, as in Dickens's "Nicholas Nickleby."
And then there's St. Nicholas who, in addition to bringing bags of toys once a year, is also the patron saint of schoolchildren, mechanics, sailors, scholars, brides, bakers, travelers, and Russia, where the name was a star of the czarist dynasty.
Along with this historical depth, Nicholas, and nicknames Nick and Nicky, projecs an aura of masculine panache, and has long been a favorite of writers for rich boy, Romeos, thugs and detective characters.
Offshoots Cole and Colin have long had lives of their own.
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