Nicol

Where Nicol comes from

Nicol hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1936
    Nicol Williamson born
    British actor
  2. 1956
    First appearance
    #5,952 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1970
    Peak, #997
    125 babies named Nicol — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,877.
  5. 1983
    Nicol David born
    Malaysian squash player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Nicol Williamson · British actor, 1936–2011
  • Nicol David · Malaysian squash player, born 1983
  • Nicol Delago · Italian alpine skier, born 1996
  • Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen · British politician, born 1960
  • Nicol Gastaldi · Argentine olympic alpine skier, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.