Nikoloz
From Greek, meaning "victory of the people". Fewer than 700 men in Poland carry it, so most people here will go their whole lives without meeting one.
Nikoloz Pronunciation
Nikoloz is pronounced nyee-KO-los (/ɲiˈkɔlɔs/).
What Nikoloz means
Where Nikoloz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nikoloz comes from Greek. Two words stand behind it: nikē, meaning victory, and laos, the people. Together they give the sense that Polish writes as zwycięstwo ludu, victory of the people.
The name reached Georgia as the local form of Nicholas, and there it settled as Nikoloz. Its most famous bearer is the poet Nikoloz Baratashvili, who lived from 1817 to 1845. He died at twenty-seven and left fewer than forty short lyrics, yet Georgian readers count him the high point of their Romanticism.
On a school register in Poland the name would sit among the Mikołajs without announcing its kinship to them. The Greek root is the same, though the road each took differed. What the letters hold, once unfolded, is still victory of the people.
How many people are named Nikoloz
1 in 32891 men in Poland is named Nikoloz. 649 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1168 among male names.
Nikoloz's popularity over time
4 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1122 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2019.
Where Nikoloz is most popular
Nikoloz is most popular in Pomeranian, 633% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).
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Pomeranian2 boys born+633%
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Masovian2 boys born+205%