Nicolau

Nicolau is a first name and family name .

Origin and meaning

The name is the Portuguese variant of the name Nicholas .

Well-known namesake

First name

• Nicolau Coelho († 1504), Portuguese navigator and explorer
• Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1946–1978), politician and freedom fighter from East Timor

family name

• Antoni Nicolau i Parera (1858–1933), Catalan conductor and composer
• Christian Nicolau (* 1947), French athlete
• Cristina Nicolau (1977-2017), Romanian athlete
• Francisco Mateu y Nicolau , known as Uetam (1847-1913), Spanish singer (bass)
• José del Castillo Nicolau (1920–2002), Spanish neurobiologist and neurophysiologist
• Mateo Nicolau (* 1920), Argentine soccer player
• Nicky Nicolau (* 1983), English-Cypriot football player
• Rogério Campos Nicolau (* 1988), Brazilian soccer player
• Valerià Weyler i Nicolau (1838–1930), Spanish general and governor, see Valeriano Weyler

See also

• São Nicolau (disambiguation)
• Tarrafal de São Nicolau , city in the west of the island of São Nicolau
• Nicolau syndrome