Nicholson (name)

Nicholson is a Germanic surname. It is a patronymic form of the given name Nichol, which was a common medieval form of Nicholas.[2]

Nicholson
Language(s)English
Origin
Meaningderived from the Greek word "Nikolaos" meaning "conqueror of people"
Other names
Variant form(s)DeNicola, DiNicola, McNichol, McNicholl, McNicol, Mikołajewicz, Mykolayenko, Mykolenko Nicolăescu, Nicolescu, Niculescu, Nielsen, Nigog(h)osian, Nigog(h)osyan, Nikog(h)osian, Nikog(h)osyan, Nikoladze, Nikolajević, Nikolaou, Nikolayev, Nikolayevsky, Nikolaou, Nikolić, Nikolopoulos, Nikolov, Nikolovski, Nilsen, Nilsson, Papanikolaou
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People with the surname

References

  1. "Nicholson Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
  2. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
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