Nikolaus

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Nicolaus

Related Names

See Nikolaos

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Nikolaus
Genitive:	Nikolaus'

- Finnish
Nominative:	Nikolaus
Genitive:	Nikolauksen
Partitive:	Nikolausta

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Nikolaus
Genitive:	Nikolaus'

- Swedish
Nominative:	Nikolaus
Genitive:	Nikolaus' / Nikolaus

Name Days

Denmark

6 December

Faroe Islands

6 December

Sweden

6 December

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • -1919
  • 1900-1919
• Norway:
  • 1900-1910

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Jämtland (19th century) see map
  • Nordsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 1997 people were named Nikolaus (percentage of first or only given name: 5 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		104	640	0	0	104	640
Finland		n.a.	229	0	0	n.a.	229
Denmark		13	n.a.	0	n.a.	13	n.a.
Iceland		1	1	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		9	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	9	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Nikolaus (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.