THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Nicole
Nicole is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Nicole.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /niˈkowl/Standard-Tagalog
- [n̪ɪˈx̠oʊ̯l]Standard-Tagalog
Ni · cole2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
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TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Nicole.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Nicole (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from French Nicole, the feminine form of Nicolas (“Nicholas”).
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Wiktionary: Nicole (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Nicole
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Andi Eigenmann
Filipino actress and model
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Nicole Dulalia
Filipino actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Andi Eigenmann, Nicole Dulalia
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Nicole in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Nicole
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
- Nicol·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nicholo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nico♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Nicobel·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nicolas♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Nicolás♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Nicon·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Nicoy♂Short form of Nico
What rhymes with Nicole?
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Explore Nicole further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q14753732 — Nicole (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Andi Eigenmann (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q14753732 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Nicole Dulalia (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q14753732 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Nicole (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Nicole (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.