NICKOLAS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NI-ko-las

Variant of NICHOLAS


NICHOLAS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: NI-ko-las (English), nee-ko-LA (French)

From the Greek name Nikolaos which meant "victory of the people" from Greek (nike) "victory" and (laos) "people". Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop from Anatolia who, according to legend, saved the daughters of a poor man from lives of prostitution. He is also known as Santa Claus (from Dutch Sinterklaas), the bringer of Christmas presents. He is the patron saint of children, sailors and merchants, and Greece and Russia. Nicholas was also the name of two czars of Russia and five popes.


NICK
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NIK


GENE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEEN


CARTER
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHR-tur

From a surname which meant "one who uses a cart" in Middle English.