Nicolina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Nikolina in HR Croatia, BG Bulgaria, RS Serbia and 18 more, Николина in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and Ніколіна in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Nicolina is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Czech given name42 records spelled Nicolina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Czechia

  Also written Nicolína

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Nicolina is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom., italienische Koseform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 114 years between 1897–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nanna Hoffmanb. 1843SEnot in their usual nameSwedish entrepreneur (1843–1920)
• Melati van Javab. 1853NLnot in their usual nameDutch writer and philanthropist (1853-1927), editor
• Dagmar Segerdahlb. 1868SEnot in their usual nameSwedish painter (1868-1960)
• Nicolina Vaz de Assisb. 1874BRBrazilian sculptor
• Nicolina Bispob. 1906BRBrazilian writer and poet (1906-1995)
• Lien Deyersb. 1909NLnot in their usual nameDutch film actress (1909-1982)
• Nicolina Charlotte Elise Santb. 1909NLDutch resistance fighter during WW-II (1909–1990)
• Estela Ravalb. 1929ARnot in their usual nameArgentine singer
• Nicolina Papettib. 1936ITItalian actress
• Nicolina Pernheimb. 1991SESwedish para judoka

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 387 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nicolina?

We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Nicolina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Nicolina have the most bearers?

We estimate about 16 thousand people bear Nicolina in Croatia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled nikolina.

Where is Nicolina most common?

Nicolina is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 272 people carrying it.

How common is Nicolina compared with other names?

In Croatia, Nicolina is the 69th most common given name of 13,510 given names recorded there.

Is Nicolina a male or female name?

Nicolina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Nicolina mean?

Recorded meaning: Nicolina (m.fl. former) är femininformer till → Nikolaus.