Definitions for Nicholas
ˈnɪk ə ləs, ˈnɪk ləsnicholas

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholasnoun

   a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nicholasnoun

   . Best known for a legendary St. Nicholas, associated with Father Christmas.

2. Etymology: From Νικόλαος, from νικάω + λαός

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1. Nicholas

   Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers.

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1. nicholas

   Nicholas is typically a male first name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people". It is derived from “Nike” the Greek Goddess of victory, and “Laos” meaning people. There are many notable people with the name including saints, royalty, and popes. Especially popular is Saint Nicholas, known as the traditional model for Santa Claus.

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1. Nicholas

   the name of five Popes: N. I., St., surnamed the Great, Pope from 858 to 867, asserted the supremacy of the papal see, Festival, Nov. 13; N. II., Pope from 1058 to 1061; N. III., Pope from 1277 to 1280; N. IV., Pope from 1288 to 1292; N. V., Pope from 1447 to 1456, after the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, took the exiled Greek scholars under his protection, fostered the learning of the East, and laid the foundation of the Vatican Library by the collection of over 5000 Greek and Latin MSS.

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1. nicholas

   Song lyrics by nicholas -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by nicholas on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NICHOLAS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nicholas is ranked #1258 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Nicholas surname appeared 27,922 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 9 would have the surname Nicholas.
   
   73.2% or 20,464 total occurrences were White.
   17.1% or 4,780 total occurrences were Black.
   4.2% or 1,184 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.4% or 670 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.7% or 483 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.2% or 341 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Bishop
   • Saint

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Nicholas' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3838

Anagrams for Nicholas »

1. lichanos

How to pronounce Nicholas?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Nicholas in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Nicholas in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Nicholas in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Nicholas in a Sentence

1. Ann Donnelly:

   Nicholas Williams can't. That's not how this works.

2. Oregon Supreme Court:

   Today, in a mandamus proceeding initiated by relator Nicholas Kristof, The Oregon Supreme Court held' resident' in Article V, section 2, took its meaning from the legal concept of domicile, that is, the place where a person lives with the intent to remain indefinitely.

3. Robert Browning:

   You can take us out of Arcadia, but you cannot take Arcadia out of us." Nicholas D. Kokonis, psychologist and author of Arcadia, My Arcadia and Out of Arcadia: The American Odyssey of Angelo Vlahos

4. Nicholas Alahverdian:

   Nicholas Alahverdian said, It's going to take willpower, energy and effective management to provide for the overhaul of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families

5. Jason Smith -LRB- left -RRB-:

   The leaving of cookies for Santa or St. Nicholas is a tradition that started during the Feast of St. Nicholas that the Dutch held each year, they would bring cookies to honor the saint, and to give travelers a snack for when they arrived from all over the country to praise the saint.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Nicholas
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nicholas
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Nicholas
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html