Nichola
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
Nichola is a girls' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nichola mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Nicola.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nichola a girl's or a boy's name?
Nichola is a girls' name.
How popular is Nichola in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nichola in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2003. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#83).
Nichola in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 23 | #1,016 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 27 | #891 |
| 1997 | 40 | #697 |
| 1996 | 46 | #590 |
Names like Nichola
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nikola, Melissa, Jessica, Georgina, Chioma, Rebecca, Alexandra, Cassandra, Christina, Tara, Adesuwa, Chiara
Names related to Nichola
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nichola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nichola, updated 20 October 2026.