Kolya
Russian, diminutive of Nikolai
"people of victory"
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Updated Thu Feb 19 2026
Kolya Origin and Meaning
Variation of Nikolai
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Kolya Rank in US Top 1000
The name Kolya in Pop Culture
- Kolya Krasotkincharacter in Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov"
- Nikolai Ardalyonovitch Ivolgin "Kolya" character in Dostoevsky's "The Idiot"
- "Kolya" 1996 Czech film and its main character
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