Nicole (given name)

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Nicole is a feminine given name and a surname.

The given name Nicole is of Greek origin and means "victorious people". It's evolved into a French feminine derivative of the masculine given name Nicholas. There are many variants.^[1]

The surname Nicole originates in Netherlands where it was notable for its various branches, and associated status or influence. There are several variants of the family name.^[2]

Nicole can also be spelled as Nichole.

People with the given name Nicole or variants

In music:

• Nicole Scherzinger, American pop/R&B/hip hop singer-songwriter, dancer, former lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls.
• Nicole (German singer), known for "Ein bißchen Frieden"
• Nicole (Chilean singer), pop and rock singer
• Nicole Cabell, classical and opera singer
• Nicole Jung, Korean American singer, member of the band Kara
• Nicole C. Mullen, award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and choreographer
• Nicole Wray, American R&B singer

In literature:

• Nicole Krauss, American writer
• Nicole Brossard, leading French-Canadian formalist poet and novelist
• Nicole Markotic, Canadian poet and novelist

In television and film:

• Nicole Anderson, American actress
• Nicole de Boer, Canadian actress
• Nicole Eggert, actress
• Nicole Holofcener, film and television director
• Nicole Kidman, Academy Award-winning actress and singer
• Nicole Parker, Emmy Award-winning actress and singer
• Nicole Pacent, American actress
• Nicole Ari Parker, American actress and former model
• Nicole Polizzi, American reality television star, former occasional professional wrestler, and former WWE Diva
• Nicole Sheridan, American pornographic film actress
• Nicole Sullivan, American actress, voice actress, comedian and occasional professional poker player
• Nicole Tubiola, American actress
• Nicol Williamson, British actor

In modelling:

• Nicole Abe (安部ニコル), Japanese-Filipina gyaru fashion model
• Nicole Dunsdon, the last person to win the Miss Canada competition before it was cancelled in 1992 due to pressure from women's organizations that considered the pageant to encourage the sexual objectification of women^[3]
• Nicole Linkletter, model, winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5
• Nicole Narain, model
• Nicole Renee Taylor, also known as Niki Taylor, American model
• Nicole Trunfio, model
• Nicole Whitehead, model
• Nicole Fox, model, winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 13

In sport:

• Nicole Arendt, American tennis player
• Nicole Bass, American bodybuilder, actress, retired professional wrestler, and previously worked for the World Wrestling Federation and in Extreme Championship Wrestling.
• Nicole Bradtke, Australian former tennis player
• Nicole Cooke, British cyclist
• Nicole Davis, American volleyball player
• Nicole Freedman (born 1972), American Olympic cyclist
• Nicole Haynes, Canadian-American athlete
• Nicole Hetzer, German swimmer
• Nicole Livingstone, Australian swimmer
• Nicole Muns-Jagerman, Dutch tennis player
• Nicole Powell, American basketball player
• Nicole Pratt, Bradtke's Australian compatriot and former tennis player
• Nicole Raczynski, American professional wrestler and former TNA Knockout
• Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Swiss beach volleyball player
• Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player

In other notables:

• Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine
• Nicole Brown Simpson, O. J. Simpson's murdered ex-wife
• Nicole Fontaine, French politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Nicole-Reine Lepaute, French astronomer
• Nicole Miller, fashion designer
• Nicole Richie, socialite and reality television star
• Nicole Stott, American astronaut
• Nicole Wong, vice president and deputy general counsel at Google

Surname

• Pierre Nicole (1625–1695), French philosopher

Fictional characters

• Nico Collard, Broken Sword games
• Nicole (Dead or Alive character)
• Nicole, a doll featured in The Groovy Girls line by Manhattan Toys
• Nicole, played by Estelle Skornik in television advertisements for Renault cars
• NICOLE, sentient, hand-held computer in the Sonic the Hedgehog television series and comic books
• Nicole Bristow, a character in the Nickelodeon show Zoey 101
• Nicole Diver, a leading character in Jazz Age writer F.S. Fitzgerald's novel "Tender Is the Night"
• Nicole des Jardins Wakefield, in the sequels to Rendezvous with Rama
• Nicole Maris, a character in the 1999 film Drive Me Crazy'
• Nicole "Niki" Smith, an alternate personality of the character Victoria Lord Banks on the American soap opera One Life to Live
• Nicole Walker, a character on the American soap opera Days of our Lives
• Nicole Wallace, a character on Law & Order: Criminal Intent played by actress Olivia d'Abo.
• Nicole Watterson, a character from the 2011 program The Amazing World of Gumball
• Nikki Newman, a character on the America soap opera The Young and the Restless'

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