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Niclas

“victory + people”

masculineLatin script

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Origin: Not established
6 language contexts: French German Swedish +3 more
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Niclas

Niclas is a masculine given name documented in French, German, Swedish and 3 other languages. It is a form of Nikolaus, for which German Wikipedia gives the components victory + people.

Meaning in the sources

Not established

Meaning: “victory + people”

No etymology text in the cited sources.

Sources for this account (7)

Wikidata Q1662813CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): NikolausCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (de): NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Niclas is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Niclas’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2011: 5 boys (rank 12287).

Explore United States

4 of 12 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Niclas

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2022: 4; births; Rank #457
Peak year: 1991; 29 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Niclas in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	5	532	observed
1974	5	551	observed
1975	7	477	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	5	524	observed
1978	5	544	observed
1979	4	603	observed
1980	4	613	observed
1981	4	623	observed
1982	6	518	observed
1983	10	403	observed
1984	6	523	observed
1985	7	487	observed
1986	13	339	observed
1987	7	481	observed
1988	11	390	observed
1989	21	250	observed
1990	20	254	observed
1991	29	214	observed
1992	14	316	observed
1993	13	317	observed
1994	8	408	observed
1995	15	285	observed
1996	8	404	observed
1997	7	425	observed
1998	8	386	observed
1999	12	310	observed
2000	10	355	observed
2001	14	278	observed
2002	11	306	observed
2003	18	245	observed
2004	13	285	observed
2005	10	334	observed
2006	14	290	observed
2007	13	302	observed
2008	14	303	observed
2009	16	287	observed
2010	16	281	observed
2011	9	377	observed
2012	10	355	observed
2013	11	353	observed
2014	9	378	observed
2015	8	395	observed
2016	5	472	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	5	471	observed
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	4	454	observed
2022	4	457	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Niclas” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Niclas Füllkrug
born 1993
German association football player (1993)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Niclas Alexandersson
born 1971
Swedish footballer
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Niclas Jensen
born 1974
Danish footballer
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Niclas Ekberg
born 1988
Swedish handball player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Niclas Kirkeløkke
born 1994
Danish handball player
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Niclas with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q1662813CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): NikolausCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (de): NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-at Niklas.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Niclas.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Niclas

Niclas is a masculine given name documented in French, German, Swedish and 3 other languages. It is a form of Nikolaus, for which German Wikipedia gives the components victory + people.

Meaning in the sources

Not established

Meaning: “victory + people”

No etymology text in the cited sources.

Sources for this account (7)

Wikidata Q1662813CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): NikolausCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (de): NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Niclas is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Niclas’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2011: 5 boys (rank 12287).

Explore United States

4 of 12 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Niclas

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2022: 4; births; Rank #457
Peak year: 1991; 29 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Niclas in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	5	532	observed
1974	5	551	observed
1975	7	477	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	5	524	observed
1978	5	544	observed
1979	4	603	observed
1980	4	613	observed
1981	4	623	observed
1982	6	518	observed
1983	10	403	observed
1984	6	523	observed
1985	7	487	observed
1986	13	339	observed
1987	7	481	observed
1988	11	390	observed
1989	21	250	observed
1990	20	254	observed
1991	29	214	observed
1992	14	316	observed
1993	13	317	observed
1994	8	408	observed
1995	15	285	observed
1996	8	404	observed
1997	7	425	observed
1998	8	386	observed
1999	12	310	observed
2000	10	355	observed
2001	14	278	observed
2002	11	306	observed
2003	18	245	observed
2004	13	285	observed
2005	10	334	observed
2006	14	290	observed
2007	13	302	observed
2008	14	303	observed
2009	16	287	observed
2010	16	281	observed
2011	9	377	observed
2012	10	355	observed
2013	11	353	observed
2014	9	378	observed
2015	8	395	observed
2016	5	472	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	5	471	observed
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	4	454	observed
2022	4	457	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Niclas Füllkrug
born 1993
German association football player (1993)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Niclas Alexandersson
born 1971
Swedish footballer
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Niclas Jensen
born 1974
Danish footballer
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Niclas Ekberg
born 1988
Swedish handball player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Niclas Kirkeløkke
born 1994
Danish handball player
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q1662813CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): NikolausCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (de): NiclasCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-at Niklas.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Niclas.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Niclas

About Niclas

Meaning in the sources

Where Niclas is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Niclas Füllkrug

Niclas Alexandersson

Niclas Jensen

Niclas Ekberg

Niclas Kirkeløkke

Nicla

Nicolas

Niklas

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Niclas

About Niclas

Meaning in the sources

Where Niclas is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Niclas Füllkrug

Niclas Alexandersson

Niclas Jensen

Niclas Ekberg

Niclas Kirkeløkke

Nicla

Nicolas

Niklas

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Niclas

Meaning in the sources

Where Niclas is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Niclas Füllkrug

Niclas Alexandersson

Niclas Jensen

Niclas Ekberg

Niclas Kirkeløkke

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Nicla

Nicolas

Niklas

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Niclas

Meaning in the sources

Where Niclas is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Niclas Füllkrug

Niclas Alexandersson

Niclas Jensen

Niclas Ekberg

Niclas Kirkeløkke

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Nicla

Nicolas

Niklas

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page