Nikole

Where Nikole comes from

Borrowed from the French Nicole, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + λαός (laós, “people”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Nikole
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #6,578 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Peak, #689
    213 babies named Nikole — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,750.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

No widely known Nikole turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

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.