Nikolas Family History
Nikolas Name Meaning
Greek: from the personal name Nikola(o)s (see Nicholas ) or in most cases an (American) shortened form of any of various Greek derivatives of this personal name e.g. Nikolaidis Papanikolaou ‘(son of) Nicholas the Priest’ and Hatzinikolaou ‘(son of) Nicholas the Pilgrim’. See also Nicolas compare Nickolas . German: variant of Nikolaus . Croatian and Serbian (Nikolaš): from a vernacular form of the personal name Nikola (see Nicholas ). Americanized form of any of various Serbian Macedonian or Bulgarian patronymics from the personal name Nikola ‘Nicholas’; see Nickolas compare Nicolas .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022