Name

Name NICK

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 57,515 births of Nick in the countries below, which represents an average of 414 births of children bearing the first name Nick per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 521 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Nick
In Italiano

Nome Nick

Information about the first name Nick

We celebrate Nick on December 6th

The first name Nick has been assigned to:

99.97% to boys
0.03% to girls

The country where the first name Nick is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 4 letters including 1 vowel and 3 consonants

Nick in Japanese ^*

Romaji	nikku
Katakana	ニック
Hiragana	にっく
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Nick in sign language

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Nick in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Nick

English

Etymology

From nick(name).

Etymology

A variant of nix or nixie.

Etymology (Noun)

nick (plural nicks)
(Internet) Clipping of nickname.

Etymology (Verb)

nick (third-person singular simple present nicks, present participle nicking, simple past and past participle nicked)
(transitive, obsolete) To give or call (someone) by a nickname; to style.

Etymology (Noun)

nick (plural nicks)
(archaic) A nix or nixie (“water spirit”).

Anagrams

CKIN

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /nɪk/

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /nɪk/
Homophone: Nick
Rhymes: -ɪk

Proper noun (Derived terms)

Old Nick
Saint Nick

General

Proper noun

Nick
A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
2012 Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Phoenix (2013), →ISBN, pages 14-15:
His name is Nick. I love it. It makes him seem nice, and regular, which he is. When he tells me his name, I say, 'Now, that's a real name.'

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ ˈnit͡sk]
Hyphenation: Nick
Rhymes: -it͡sk

Proper noun

Nick
A village in Vas County, Hungary.

Proper noun (Derived terms)

nicki

Swedish

Etymology

From the English nickname

Etymology (Noun)

nick c
nod (movement of the head to indicate agreement)
header (in football)

Etymology (Noun)

nick n
(slang) nick, nickname

Danish

Proper noun

Nick
A male given name, diminutive of Niklas, Nicolai and related names.

German

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /nɪk/
Rhymes: -ɪk

Proper noun

Nick
A male given name, diminutive of Nikolaus and related names.

Verb

nick
Imperative singular of nicken.
(colloquial) First-person singular present of nicken.

Popularity of the name Nick

Number of NICK births per year

Popularity of the name Nick

Total births of Nick by country

		Births with the first name Nick
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2019	44,326 0
	Switzerland 1912 - 2019	2,617 0
	Belgium 1995 - 2019	2,203 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2019	1,825 0
	Ontario 1913 - 2018	1,593 0
	Germany 2000 - 2018	877 15
	Brazil 1930 - 2010	640 0
	Netherlands 2015 - 2019	636 0
	Austria 1984 - 2018	566 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2019	440 0
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2019	356 0
	Sweden 1998 - 2019	254 0
	France 1900 - 2019	237 0
	British Columbia 1919 - 2019	191 0
	Italy 1999 - 2018	182 0
	Australia 1944 - 2019	168 0
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	160 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2019	113 0
	Ireland 1964 - 2019	36 0
	New Zealand 1900 - 2019	32 0
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	29 0
	Poland 2000 - 2019	17 0
	Portugal 2014 - 2019	2 0

Popularity of the name Nick

Total births of Nick by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Nick
Country		Boys Girls
	Netherlands 2019	107 0
	United State of America 2019	103 0
	Germany 2018	90 0
	Switzerland 2019	74 0
	Brazil 2010	29 0
	Austria 2018	27 0
	United Kingdom 2019	17 0
	Ontario 2018	16 0
	Italy 2018	15 0
	Sweden 2019	10 0
	Quebec 2019	9 0
	Belgium 2019	8 0
	Denmark 2019	4 0
	France 2019	4 0
	Alberta 2019	3 0
	Poland 2019	3 0
	Czechoslovakia 2016	2 0

Comments on the name Nick

Personalities with the first name Nick

There are 309 personalities with the first name Nick

Nick Nolte

United states of america
Actor Stage actor Voice actor Film producer Basketball player Model Television actor Film actor

Nick Jonas (Nicholas Jerry Jonas)

United states of america
Guitarist Stage actor Television actor Film actor Recording artist Actor Composer Singer Pianist Singer-songwriter

Nick Cave (Nicholas Edward Cave)

Australia
Screenwriter Actor Writer Author Pianist Singer-songwriter Musician Composer Singer Librettist Songwriter Novelist

Nick Heidfeld

Germany
Formula one driver

Nick Clegg

United kingdom
Writer Politician Communicator

Nick Vujicic

Australia
Actor Writer Patron of the arts Motivational speaker

Nick Mason

United kingdom
Composer Record producer Drummer Songwriter Racing automobile driver Autobiographer

Nick Drake

United kingdom
Composer Singer Singer-songwriter Songwriter Guitarist

Nick Hornby

United kingdom
Screenwriter Writer Songwriter Lyricist Film producer Novelist Essayist

Nick Griffin

United kingdom
Screenwriter Politician

There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Nick
Full list of personalities with the first name Nick

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Nick

There are 5344 actors and actresses with the first name Nick

Nick Julius Schuck

Nick Shafer

Nick Sauder

Nick Alvarez

Nick Cause

Nick Romeo Reimann

Nick Saso

Nick Mazzini

Nick Lincoln

Nick Vorsselman

Nick Nevinger

Nick Nervies

Nick Robinson

Nick Benson

Nick Watson

Nick Austin

Nick Price

Nick Ghannam

Nick Galarza

Nick Stern

Nick Goluza

Nick Krause

Nick Twiney

Nick Jonas

Nick Grava

Nick Golterman

Nick Desjardins

Nick Forbus

Nick Phillips

Nick Saenz

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Nick
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Nick

Rankings of first name NICK by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
#99	Germany	2018
#126	Switzerland	2019
#161	Netherlands	2019
#224	Austria	2018
#480	Quebec	2019
#525	Czechoslovakia	2016
#545	Poland	2019
#611	Ontario	2018
#612	Denmark	2019
#619	Sweden	2019
#647	Italy	2018
#1036	Belgium	2019
#1203	Alberta	2019
#1226	United State of America	2019
#1477	United Kingdom	2019
#2150	Brazil	2010
#4633	France	2019