Nicola Family History

Italian: from the male personal name Nicola from Greek Nikolaos (see Nicholas). German (mainly Saarland) and French (Alsace and Lorraine): variant of Nicolai or Nicolas. In some cases also an American shortened (and altered) form of Greek Nikolas its variant Nicolas or of any of various derivatives of the personal name Nikola(o)s ‘Nicholas’. Compare Nicol.

In some cases also an Americanized form of any of various Serbian Macedonian or Bulgarian patronymics from the personal name Nikola ‘Nicholas’; see Nickolas compare Nicolas.