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Nicholas or Nikolas or Nicolas or Nickolas is a male given name derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos) a combination of the words victory (νίκη; níkē nike however is probably connected with neikos quarrel strife neikein to quarrel with ) and people (λαός; laós). The name can be understood to mean victory of the people.