Nicola (name)

Nicola is an ancient (but still very common) Italian male personal name (from the Greek and Byzantine Νικόλαος) derived from Nichos meaning "victory," and laos meaning "people," therefore implying the meaning "winner of the people." The English form of the same name is Nicholas.

Nicola was a frequently given male personal name among the traditional Italian nobility, and was used often in the Middle Ages. In the UK, Poland, and Germany, the male form Nicola has been used as a female name, which originally came from incorrectly presuming the name's vowel ending 'a' was the female form, as has also occurred with the male given name Andrea (also an Italian male personal name from the Greek meaning 'manly.') The female form of Nicola in Italian is Nicoletta. An excellent reference for the name form and biblical history is The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints. Compiled by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, 1275. First Edition Published 1470.

Name Days

• 29th August (Czech) and (Slovak)
• 21st March and 10th September (Hungarian)
• 6th December (Italian), (German) and (Dutch)

See also

• List of people known as Nicola
• Nicola (chief), important First Nations political figure in the fur trade era of the British Columbia Interior
• Nicoleta Alexandru, singer (stage name Nicola) who represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Other:

• Nicola (people), an extinct Athapaskan people of the Nicola Valley in British Columbia, Canada, and a modern alliance now residing there
• Nicola (magazine), a Japanese magazine
• "Nicola", a composition by British musician Steve Race, named for his daughter

Notable people with the given name Nicola:

• Nicola Berti, Italian footballer
• Nicola De Souza, fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale
• Nicola Calipari, Italian military intelligence officer with the rank of Major General
• Nicola Conte, Italian DJ and producer
• Nicola Fairbrother, British judoka
• Nicola Pagett, English actress best known for her role as Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s television drama series Upstairs Downstairs
• Nicola Piovani, classical musician
• Nicola Pisano, Italian sculptor
• Nicolà Rescigno, opera conductor
• Nicola Roberts, British popstar, member of Girls Aloud
• Nicola Smith, English bridge player
• Nicola Smith (footballer), New Zealand international football player

See also

• School District 58 Nicola-Similkameen
• Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia
• Nicola Tribal Association, the formal government of the aforementioned Nicola peoples
• Nicola River, a river in British Columbia, Canada
• Nicola Country, a region of British Columbia around the river of the same name
• Nicola Lake, a lake near the upper reaches of the river
• Lower Nicola, British Columbia, a community on the Nicola River
• Upper Nicola, British Columbia, a community at Nicola Lake
• the Shackan First Nation, aka the Lower Nicola Indian Band, is a government of the Nicola Tribal Association
• Upper Nicola Indian Band, a government of the Nicola Tribal Association
• Nicola Hunt, researcher
• Nicola Zimmer, amazing female basketball player from Washington D.C. at Dartmouth College