Nicolas Family History

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Alberto, Angelito, Emilio, Fernando, Francisco, Manuel, Mario, Ricardo, Rodolfo, Ruben, Alfredo, Angel. French Luc, Pierre, Andre, Georges, Jacques, Marcellin, Yves, Adrien, Alain, Camille, Celina, Dominique.

Spanish (Nicolás), French, Walloon, Breton, and West Indian (mainly Haiti): from the personal name Nicolás (Spanish), Nicolas (French, Breton), from Greek Nikolaos (see Nicholas ). In France, this surname is most common in Brittany.

English (southern England and Glamorgan): variant of Nicholas .

Greek: from a variant of the personal name Nikola(o)s (see Nicholas ) or, in most cases, an (American) shortened form of any of various Greek derivatives of this personal name, e.g. Nikolaidis or Nikolaides, which are also spelled Nicolaidis and Nicolaides . See also Nikolas , compare Nicola .

Americanized form of Croatian and Serbian Nikolaš (see Nikolas ), or of any of various Serbian, Macedonian, or Bulgarian patronymics from the personal name Nikola ‘Nicholas’; see Nickolas , compare Nicola .