Nikolai

Russian variation of Nicholas

"people of victory"

Updated Tue Feb 03 2026

Nikolai Origin and Meaning

Variation of Kolya

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Nikolai William Alexander Frederik
Prince of Denmark
Nikolai Philippe Fraiture
American bassist of band The Strokes
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Russian novelist and playwright
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky
Korsakov, Russian composer
(Nanhoï) Nikolai Kinski
French,American actor
Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky
brother,in,law of Tsar Nicholas II and son,in,law of Tsar Alexander III
Nikolai Volkoff (born Josip Nikolai Peruzović)
Croatian pro wrestler
Nikolai Matveevich Pozdneev
Russian painter
Nikolai Nikolaevich Baskakov
Russian painter

Nikolai
character on TV's Six Feet Under
Nikolai Carpathia
the antichrist in the Left Behind series
Nikolai Delphiki
brother of Julian "Bean" Delphiki in Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" series
Nikolai Lantsov
character in the Grisha Trilogy

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