Kolya

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Kolja is a male name .

Origin and meaning

The name is a Russian pet form of Nikolai .

variants

Colja

Well-known namesake

Kolja Afriyie (* 1982), German soccer player
Kolja Blacher (* 1963), German violinist
Kolja Brandt (* 1969), German cameraman
Kolja Erdmann (* 1981), German film composer
Kolja Kleeberg (* 1964), German chef
Kolja Lessing (* 1961), German pianist, violinist, composer
Kolja Malik (* 1990), German film director and screenwriter
Kolja Mensing (* 1971), German writer and literary critic
Kolja Meyer (* 1982), German fistball player
Kolja Pusch (* 1993), German soccer player
Kolja Schallenberg (* 1984), German theater director and author

See also

Kolja , original title of the Czech film Kolya (1996)

Web links

Wiktionary: Kolja - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

↑ Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim: Duden, The large first name dictionary. 3rd edition, Dudenverlag, Mannheim et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2 , p. 253.