Where the spelling 니컬러스 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 니컬러스 for Nicholas.
People in the list with this given name:
- 오펜하이머, 니컬러스 — Oppenheimer, Nicholas F.
- 대거스티노, 니컬러스 — D'Agostino, Nicholas
- 워트니, 니컬러스 앨런 — Watney, Nicholas Alan
…and 10 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Ni니cho컬la러s스
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Nicholas means
Nicholas by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 37, 265,835 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 니컬러스: 13.
Korean names for Nicholas
These are the converter’s results for Nicholas as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
이민건Lee MingeonBoy’s name · 49% sound match민 珉 stone resembling jade건 健 strong, robust, healthy
이리한Lee RihanBoy’s name · 48% sound match
이은우Lee EunuBoy’s name · 43% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what Nicholas means.
Your name means: victory + people (from Ancient Greek νίκη)
박민Park MinBoy’s name · Meaning: Brave, strong
이민승Lee MinseungBoy’s name · Meaning: Brave, strong
이승민Lee SeungminBoy’s name · Meaning: Brave, strong
이민건Lee MingeonBoy’s name · Meaning: Brave, strong
이니컬러스Lee NikeolleoseuYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja
Similar names
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics