MEANING & HISTORY
What does Nicol mean?
Iain Taylor’s Scottish personal-name guide explicitly identifies Nicol as an anglicization of Gaelic Neacal, sharing the source of Nicholas. The older Greek name contains victory and people elements.
This explains a documented route for Nicol without establishing individual naming intentions.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Nicol in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
NICOLCSV record 1,940 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Nicol in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Nicol
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Nico♂♀Short form of Nicholas or Nicodemus
- Nicole♀Victory of the people
- Nicon·Latin Nicon, from Greek Nikon and the verb win or conquer
- Nicoy♂Familiar form of Nico
- Nica♀Spelling of Nika, a familiar name with several parents
- Nick♂Short form of Nicholas
- Nicky·Familiar form in the Nicholas and Nicole name family
- Nicolas♂Victory of the people
What rhymes with Nicol?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Nicol further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Iain Taylor — Scottish Personal Names (updated 8 January 2024), page 34 (opens in a new tab)
Exact Nicholas, Nicol / Neacal entry: Nicol anglicizes Neacal, from the same source as Nicholas.
- Real Academia Galega — Nicolao (opens in a new tab)
Greek Nikolaos analysed with victory/winning and people elements; English Nicholas among equivalents.