Nicolaus

Nicolaus is a male given name .

Origin and meaning

The name is a form of Nicholas .

Name bearer

First name

Nicolaus (1310–1365), provost of the Uetersen monastery
Nicolaus Adi Seputra (* 1959), Indonesian religious, Archbishop of Merauke
Nicolaus von Ahlefeldt (* 1480), heir to Seegaard and progenitor of the lines of the Ahlefeldts to Haseldorf and Gelting
Nicolaus von Avancini (1611–1686), Jesuit pedagogue, poet and Latin playwright of the Baroque period
Nicolaus Báthory (1435–1506), Hungarian bishop
Nicolaus Wilhelm Beckers (1630–1705), Dutch physician
Nicolaus von Below (1907–1983), Adolf Hitler's personal air force adjutant
Nicolaus Biceps (dert – 1399), Czech theologian and philosopher
Nicolaus Binder (1785–1865), German lawyer and Hamburg mayor
Nicolaus Bleyer (1591–1658), German composer and violinist
Nicolaus Blohm (1779–1855), German architect and engineer and city planning director in Bremen
Nicolaus Boie the Elder († 1542), German reformer
Nicolaus Boie the Younger (1501–1542), Protestant theologian, reformer and hymn poet
Nicolaus von Borstel (1885–1963), German politician (SPD)
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697), German composer
Nicolaus de Clemangiis or Nicolaus von Clemangis (1363–1437), humanist
Nicolaus Cracoviensis (1485–1550), Polish composer <
Nicolaus Creusel (1627–1676), German legal scholar
Nicolaus Samuelis Cruquius (1678–1754), Dutch hydraulic engineer, surveyor and cartographer
Nicolaus Darboven (1902–1985), German entrepreneur
Nicolaus Dassow (1639–1706), German theologian
Nicolaus Delsor (1847–1927), Catholic clergyman, French senator and member of the Reichstag
Nicolaus Dierling (1740–1826), German master shipbuilder
Nicolaus Dreyer (1921–2003), German entrepreneur and politician (NSDAP, FDP, CDU)
Nicolaus Equiamicus (* 1974), German translator, author and editor
Nicolaus Ludwig Esmarch (1654–1719), German poet and Protestant theologian
Nicolaus Friedreich (1825–1882), German pathologist and university professor
Nicolaus Anton Friedreich (1761–1836), German physician
Nicolaus Gallus (1516–1570), German reformer
Nicolaus Gercken (1555–1610), German lawyer
Nicolaus Goldmann (1611–1665), German writer, mathematician, lawyer and architectural theorist
Nicolaus Haberschrack († 1484), painter and sculptor
Nicolaus Hagg (* 1967), Austrian actor and author
Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller (1805–1876), lawyer, senator and mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Nicolaus von Handjery (1836–1900), Prussian politician
Nicolaus Hardkopf (1582–1650), German Lutheran theologian
Nicolaus Hasse (1617–1672), German composer
Nicolaus Hausmann (1479–1538), Protestant theologian and reformer
Nicolaus Henel von Hennenfeld (1582–1656), German biographer, chronicler and historian
Nicolaus Hermann (1818–1888), Swiss politician and judge
Nicolaus Heutger (1932–2008), German Lutheran theologian, numismatist, Judaist and historian
Nicolaus-Johannes Heyse (* 1974), German set designer
Nicolaus Höniger (1548–1598), proofreader, writer and translator
Nicolaus A. Huber (* 1939), German composer
Nicolaus Hudtwalcker (1794–1863), Hamburg art collector and patron
Nicolaus Jarre (1603–1678), Hamburg mayor and lawyer
Nicolaus à Kempis (1600–1676), Belgian organist and composer
Nicolaus Anton Johann Kirchhof (1725–1800), German businessman, scholar and senator in Hamburg
Nicolaus von Klemptzen (1504–1552), German land rent master and historian
Nicolaus Kratzer (1487–1550), German humanist, mathematician and astronomer
Nicolaus Freiherr von Krufft (1779–1818), Austrian composer
Nicolaus Marschalk (1455–1525), German legal scholar, humanist and historian
Nicolaus Mattsen (1847–1924), farmer, member of the Reichstag
Nicolaus Matz (1443–1513), Rector of the University of Freiburg and Canon in Speyer
Nicolaus Maurus (1483–1539), German Lutheran theologian
Nicolaus von Minckwitz (1485–1549), German nobleman, promoter of the Reformation
Nicolaus Mulerius (1564–1630), Dutch astronomer, professor of medicine and mathematics at the University of Groningen
Nicolaus de Tudeschis (1386–1445), Italian theologian and Archbishop of Palermo
Nicolaus II von Carlowitz († 1555), Bishop of Meissen
Nicolaus von Autrecourt (1300–1369), French philosopher
Nicolaus von Renys (1360–1411), Prussian knight
Nicolaus Nielsen (1806-1883), German Protestant theologian
Nicolaus Otto (1832–1891), German mechanical engineer, after whom the Otto engine is named today

Nicolaus Comnenus Papadopoli (1655–1740), Italian canon lawyer and historian of Greek origin

Nicolaus Pape (1365–1428), eighth monastery provost of Uetersen

Nicolaus Peträus (1569–1641), German Lutheran theologian, superintendent

Nicolaus Peucker (1620–1674), German poet

Nicolaus Pistoris (1411–1471), German physician, personal physician, mayor of Leipzig

Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus (1723–1798), Austrian entomologist and Jesuit

Nicolaus von Prittwitz (1835–1897), Russian major general à la suite

Nicolaus Rehdiger († 1553), Silesian wholesaler and banker

Nicolaus Rehdiger the Younger (1525–1587), Silesian wholesaler, banker, governor of the Principality of Wroclaw and patron

Nicolaus Reimers (1551–1600), German astronomer and imperial court mathematician

Nicolaus Rohlfs (1695–1750), German astronomer, mathematician, teacher and calendar maker

Nicolaus Schafhausen (* 1965), German art historian and curator

Nicolaus Schaten (1608–1676), German Jesuit and historian

Nicolaus Schmidt (artist) (* 1953), German artist

Nicolaus Theodorici de Amsterdam († before 1456), scholastic philosopher

Nicolaus Wendelin Schmidt (1883–1954), German sculptor

Nicolaus Schuback (1700–1783), German lawyer and mayor of Hamburg

Nicolaus Schwebel (1713–1773), German classical philologist, poet and educator

Nicolaus Seeber (1680–1739), German organ builder and composer

Nicolaus Serarius (1555–1609), Lorraine Jesuit, exegete and historian

Nicolaus de Smit (1541–1623), Dutch textile manufacturer, clothing maker and merchant

Nicolaus Sombart (1923–2008), German cultural sociologist and writer

Nicolaus Spit (1853–1929), Dutch Old Catholic Bishop of Deventer

Nicolaus Staphorst (church historian) (1679–1731), German pastor and church historian

Nicolaus Steno (1638–1686), Danish physician, anatomist and geologist

Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640–1700), German baroque composer

Nicolaus von Suhm (1697–1760), Saxon diplomat

Nicolaus Taurellus (1547–1606), medic, philosopher and physicist

Nicolaus von Thaden (1770–1848), Danish lawyer

Nicolaus Vetter (1666–1734), German composer

Nicolaus Vogt (1756–1836), historian, politician and state thinker

Nicolaus Voigtel (1658–1713), German geometer, mining clerk and author

Nicolaus Zaff the Elder (1620–1677), Swiss Reformed clergyman and physician

Nicolaus Zaff the Younger (1665–1727), Swiss Reformed clergyman

Nicolaus Zapf (1600–1672), German Lutheran theologian

Nicolaus Zech (1559–1607), German chamber councilor

Nicolaus Zink (1812–1887), German-American engineer and farmer

Nicolaus Zucchius (1586–1670), Italian astronomer and physicist

Intermediate name

Carl Nicolaus Adler (1737–1816), German lawyer and mayor of Stade
Johann Nicolaus Anton (1737–1813), German Lutheran theologian
Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (1862–1948), German botanist
Johann Nicolaus Friedrich Brauer (1754–1813), Baden civil servant and politician
Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted (1879–1947), Danish chemist
Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns (1637–1718), German composer
Johannes Nicolaus Buek (1779–1856), German pharmacist and botanist
Christian Nicolaus Bruhn (1796–1863), theologian
Wilhelm Nicolaus Dannhof (* 1870), German bank director and industrialist
Christian Nicolaus von Evers (1775–1862), mayor of Lübeck
Johann Nicolaus Frobesius (1701–1756), German philosopher and mathematician
Donnus Nicolaus Germanus (1420–1490), cosmographer, astrologer
Christoph Gottfried Nicolaus Gesterding (1740–1802), German lawyer and historian
Joachim Bernhard Nicolaus Hacker (1760-1817), German theologian, poet and writer
Johann Nicolaus Hanff (1663–1711), German organist and composer
Georg Nicolaus Knauer (1926–2018), German-American classical philologist
Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte (* 1955), Dutch clergyman, Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden
Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735–1805), Austrian physician, naturalist, herpetologist and zoologist
Christian Nicolaus von Linger (1669–1755), Prussian general
Georg Nicolaus von Lübbers (1724–1788), German major and entrepreneur
Johann Nicolaus Mempel (1713–1747), cantor in Apolda
Christian Nicolaus Möllenhof (1698–1748), German theologian and poet
Christian Nicolaus Naumann (1720–1797), German anacreontic poet
Joseph Nicolaus Peroux (1771–1849), German miniature painter, etcher and lithographer of the Romantic period
Johann Nicolaus Schrage (1753–1795), German Protestant theologian
Heinrich Nicolaus Trebs (1678–1748), German organ builder
Johann Nicolaus Treu (1734–1786), valet, court painter and gallery inspector
Adolf Nicolaus Zacharias (1858–1931), Hamburg judge and member of the parliament

family name

Egon Karl Nicolaus (1928–1988), German painter
Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus (1910–2008), German politician and Member of the Bundestag
Fynn-Luca Nicolaus (* 2003), German handball player
Kerstin Nicolaus (* 1961), German politician (CDU), member of the state parliament in Saxony
Paul Nicolaus (1904–1945), German painter and graphic artist
Roland Nicolaus (* 1954), German painter and graphic artist