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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

NicolaIn Hebrew: ניקולה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Nicola (Hebrew: ניקולה) is a unisex name of international origin. 188 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1969, with 7 babies.

People in Israel
188
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1969
7 babies
USA, 2025
12
rank #8,362

Writing and saying Nicola

In Hebrew letters the name is ניקולה, read right to left. Nicola is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Nicola by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Nicola: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Nicola in English-speaking countries

Nicola in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202512#8,3621972 (183)
United Kingdom20255#4,2761997 (701)
England and Wales20255#4,2001996 (629)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Nicola has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Nicola

How do you write Nicola in Hebrew?

Nicola is written ניקולה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Nicola?

188 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ניקולה: 114 women and 74 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Nicola a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 61% of the people named ניקולה are women and 39% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Nicola used outside Israel?

The name Nicola appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 12 girls were given it in 2025 (#8,362), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 5 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.