Nicole

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UK/nɪˈkəʊl/US/nɪˈkoʊl/

proper noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

OriginFrench Nicole →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    The killing of Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three and widow of a military veteran, tests that assumption.

    2026 January 8, Michelle Goldberg, “By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2026
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    Nicole. They were all named Ashley or Nicole or Ashley Nicole. A sultry temptress of thirteen was after poor innocent Bob who was still a child, although lately his voice had been getting deeper […]

    1999, Perri O'Shaughnessy, Acts of Malice, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 26

    She was joined at the New York City fete by fellow Trump throne-sniffer Lee Zeldin, the Long Island congressman who, like Boebert and Staten Island Representative Nicole Malliotakis, were among the cohort of coup supporters who did not vote to certify the 2020 election results—and are now fundraising off a presumptive “Trump’s Majority” in advance of next year’s midterms.

    2021 September 24, Tom Gogola, “Republican Representative Lauren Boebert Goes Full Blunderbuss”, in The Nation, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2022, retrieved 01 Jun 2022

Origin

  1. FrenchNicole
  2. EnglishNicole

Borrowed from French Nicole, the feminine form of Nicolas (“Nicholas”).

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Translations

Arabic نيكول
  • نيكولfemale given name
Chinese Mandarin 妮科爾 /妮科尔
  • 妮科爾 /妮科尔 (Nīkē'ěr)female given name
Czech Nikol, Nikola
  • Nikolfemale given name
  • Nikolafemale given name
Danish Nicole
  • Nicolefemale given name
French Nicole
  • Nicolefemale given name
German Nicole
  • Nicolefemale given name
Polish Nikola
  • Nikolafemale given name
Russian Нико́ль
  • Нико́ль (Nikólʹ)female given name
Slovak Nikola
  • Nikolafemale given name
Ukrainian Ніко́ль
  • Ніко́ль (Nikólʹ)female given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Nicole

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Anagrams

coelincolinecoleinceolinenoliccineol
Cite this entry
APA

Nicole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nicole

MLA

“Nicole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nicole. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nicole,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nicole.

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