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Nicolle

Gender
Girl
Say it
ni-KOHL
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,645 for girls

Nicolle is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “victory of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).

What does Nicolle mean?

Greek: spelling of Nicole; French feminine of Nicolas

“victory of the people”

The French feminine form of Nicolas, from Greek Nikolaos.

Meaning borrowed from Nicole. More on Wiktionary.

Is Nicolle a girl's or a boy's name?

Nicolle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Nicolle in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,990th among girls
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 52% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Nicolle, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 34 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Nicolle than any year since 2005.

Half of all the girls named Nicolle in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 102 girls in the UK were given Nicolle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #430, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 34 in 19962025
Nicolle in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20244#4,907
20237#3,388
20225#4,168
202112#2,325
20208#3,009
201910#2,590
201811#2,464
20179#2,864
20167#3,389
20154#4,951
20146#3,702
20136#3,719
20126#3,881
20114#4,980
20105#4,220
20094#4,795
20085#4,065
20077#3,060
20064#4,357
20052#6,264
20046#2,957
20035#3,233
20021#5,540
20014#3,427
20007#2,304
19996#2,559
199815#1,350
199719#1,119
199634#733

How popular is Nicolle in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,645th among girls
Babies in 2025
65 about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 50% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Nicolle, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 216 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.

2025 had more girls named Nicolle than any year since 2008.

Half of all the girls named Nicolle in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 868 girls in the US were given Nicolle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #380, up from #2,645 for this spelling alone.

1957Busiest: 216 in 19702025
Nicolle in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202565#2,645
202454#3,013
202354#3,047
202243#3,593
202140#3,734
202037#3,840
201938#3,850
201840#3,738
201744#3,478
201656#2,966
201558#2,964
201447#3,367
201359#2,869
201237#4,046
201144#3,549
201039#3,888
200945#3,560
200871#2,609
200762#2,890
200653#3,135
200568#2,520
200474#2,323
200382#2,122
200277#2,155
200192#1,883
2000115#1,549
199991#1,750
1998103#1,585
1997117#1,417
1996112#1,464
1995107#1,479
1994162#1,103
1993131#1,288
1992166#1,083
1991142#1,211
1990150#1,142
1989137#1,184
1988137#1,117
1987148#1,044
1986133#1,110
1985144#1,042
1984119#1,144
1983127#1,084
1982128#1,099
1981127#1,093
1980136#1,049
1979162#912
1978152#932
1977156#905
1976148#891
1975156#859
1974106#1,094
1973115#1,015
1972190#734
1971170#819
1970216#712
1969161#812
196887#1,157
196744#1,732
196645#1,669
196516#3,148
196416#3,243
196314#3,457
19627#5,292
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19575#6,085

Nicknames for Nicolle

Names like Nicolle

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Nicolle

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Nicolle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nicolle, updated 20 October 2026.