Nikolai

Russian variation of Nicholas

"people of victory"

Nikolai Origin and Meaning

Variation of Kolya

Nikolai Rank in US Top 1000

# 589 in the US

Nikolai Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 657 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Nikolai

• 589 US 2024
• 657 Nameberry 2025
• 288 Future 2028
• 905 England 2019
• 346 Germany 2016
• 41 Norway 2020
• 26 Estonia 2024

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Famous People Named Nikolai

• 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

The name Nikolai in Pop Culture

• 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