Nicholas

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Nicholas of Myra (Russian icon by Aleksa Petrov, 1294)

Nikolaus is a male given name and a family name . The female equivalent is Nikole , Nikola or Nicole , Nicola .

etymology

Nikolaus, also Nicolaus , is of Greek origin. The word Nikoláos is made up of Nίkē for victory and Λάος (Láos) for people or people of war.

Nicholas was popular in the Middle Ages as the name of St. Nicholas , who was Bishop of Myra in Lycia in the 4th century . Numerous legends developed around him, the biographical contents of which were mixed with those of the abbot and later bishop of Pinora, Nicholas of Sion , who died in 564 . He was first venerated in the Eastern Church, then his cult also spread in the West. In the Middle Ages in Germany he was the patron saint of students and numerous classes. In the 20th century the short form Klaus was a common first name (and family name), currently the form Niklas is often used.

variants

Variants by language

Various short forms

Name bearer

The first Nicholas named in the New Testament was one of the seven deacons who the members of the Jerusalem early church selected to support at the suggestion of the apostles ( Acts 6.5  EU ). The best known name bearer is St. Nicholas of Myra . Colloquially, St. Nicholas Day on December 6th is also referred to as St. Nicholas for short .

First name

Saints

Blessed ones

Popes

Bishops

Greek patriarch

Russian tsars

Princes

Dukes

scientist

  • Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543)
  • Nikolaus von Kues (1401–1464)
  • Nicholas of Paris , first documented mention in 1254 a. Mentioned in 1263, professor at the Paris Artistic Faculty
  • Nicolaus de Tudeschis (1386–1445), Italian theologian and Archbishop of Palermo
  • Nikolaus Vischel (also "Nikolaus von Heiligenkreuz"; 14th century), Cistercian in the Heiligenkreuz Abbey and spiritual writer
  • Nikolaus von Reggio (around 1280 - around 1350; Niccolò da Reggio, Niccolò Rheginus, Nicolaus Rheginus), (Greek) doctor and translator, personal physician to Robert von Anjou
  • Nikolaus von Polen ( OP ), also known as "Nikolaus von Montpellier" and "Niklas von Mumpelier" as well as "Nikolaus von Böhmen" (before 1250 - after 1316), Krakow doctor, medicine writer (around 1270) and German poet
  • Nikolaus von Mumpelier (pseudo-epigraphically based on Nicholas of Poland), also "Nikolaus von Montpellier" (probably 14th century), Silesian surgeon and author of a surgical compilation
  • Nikolaus Salernitanus , doctor of the Salern school in the 12th century, author of the Antidotarium Nicolai
  • Nikolaus Weigel (around 1396–1444), theologian, indulgence commissioner, participant in the Council of Basel

painter

Musician

writer

Further

Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Modern times

athlete

family name

  • Annemarie Nikolaus (* 1952), German social scientist and author
  • Günther Nikolaus (1899 – after 1945), German administrative lawyer and district administrator
  • Otto Nikolaus (1898–1950), German lawyer and administrative officer
  • Paul Nikolaus (1894–1933), German poet, playwright, cabaret artist and emcee

In the German-speaking area there are hundreds of different family names that go back to the name Nikolaus, e.g. B. Nückel , Claasen , Klews or Klosa .

Geographical names

Church building

List → Nicolaikirche and Nikolaikirche

See also

literature

  • Hans Bahlow - German Name Lexicon. Family and first names explained according to their origin and meaning. , Gondrom, Bindlach 1990, ISBN 3-8112-0294-4 .
  • Günther Drosdowski - Duden lexicon of first names: origin, meaning and use of several thousand first names , Bibliographisches Institut (Dudenverlag), Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1974
  • Margit Eberhard-Wabnitz & Horst Leisering - Knaur's first name book -, Droemersche Verlagsanstalt 1985, ISBN 3-426-26189-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. Werner Williams-Krapp: Nikolaus. In: Author's Lexicon . Volume VI, Col. 1038-1039.
  2. ^ Lexicon of first names , Dudenverlag, Mannheim, Leipzig, Vienna, Zurich, 2007, p. 281

Web links

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