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Nikolai Name Meaning
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Nikolai
Meaning of Nikolai
People's Victory.
Nikolai Name Origin
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Nikolai
Variant of Nikolas. The name was borne by St. Nikolaos, a 4th-century bishop of Myra who is regarded as the patron saint of Greece and Russia and of children, sailors, and wolves. It was also borne by Nikolai Aleksandrovich (1868-1918), the last czar of Russia.
A notable bearer was Nikolai Gogol, a 19th-century Russian novelist. From the Latin Nicolaus, a derivative of the Greek Nikolaos (victory of the people), a compound name composed of the elements nikē (victory) and laos (the people). The name was borne by St. Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop of Myra who is regarded as the patron saint of Russia and Greece, and of children, sailors, and wolves.
A notable bearer was Nikolai Gogol, a 19th-century Russian novelist. From the Latin Nicolaus, a derivative of the Greek Nikolaos (victory of the people), a compound name composed of the elements nikē (victory) and laos (the people). The name was borne by St. Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop of Myra who is regarded as the patron saint of Russia and Greece, and of children, sailors, and wolves.
Nikolai Name also appears in following Origin(s): Russian, Greek, Bulgarian, Polish, Slavic
Nikolai also appears in following countries/origins/languages: American, Australian, Danish, Finnish, French
Famous Name Nikolai
Nikolai Morozov
was a Russian football coach, who led the USSR national football team to a fourth place finish in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
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