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Nicole

/nih-KOHL/ FeminineGreek

Meaning

Nicole is a feminine name of Greek origin meaning “victory of the people”.

Nicole is the French feminine of Nicholas, from the Greek nike, victory, and laos, people. It conquered America in the 1970s and 1980s, when it sat in the top ten for years, and actress Nicole Kidman has kept it globally visible ever since.

A US top-10 girls' name in the early 1980s; now a familiar modern classic.

Popularity in the United States

Girls

Ranked #382 in 2025 · peak #6 in 1982

Data: US Social Security Administration, top-1000 ranks.

At a glance

Origin
Greek
Gender
Feminine
Pronounced
/nih-KOHL/
Themes
Victory

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Questions

  • Nicole is a feminine name of Greek origin meaning “victory of the people”. Nicole is the French feminine of Nicholas, from the Greek nike, victory, and laos, people.

  • Nicole is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. It is a US top-10 girls' name in the early 1980s; now a familiar modern classic.

  • The name Nicole comes from Greek. Nicole is the French feminine of Nicholas, from the Greek nike, victory, and laos, people. It conquered America in the 1970s and 1980s, when it sat in the top ten for years, and actress Nicole Kidman has kept it globally visible ever since.

  • Nicole is pronounced nih-KOHL.

More names that mean victory

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Berenice FeminineGreek“bringing victory”
  2. Eunice FeminineGreek“good victory”
  3. Jaya FeminineSanskrit“victory”
  4. Laura FeminineLatin“laurel”
  5. Mansur MasculineArabic“victorious, divinely aided”
  6. Masaru MasculineJapanese“victory”