Where does the name nicola come from?

Answer 1

the name nicola comes from Italy ,my baby cuzins name is nicola

Actually; it depends; if the name is spelt Nichola it is from Italy; but if it is spelt Nicola it come from Germany, and if it is spelt Nikola it is Indian and if it is Nicolla` it is french. My name is Nichola; Nichola Orantonchi.

Not actually, Nichola: Nicola is the spelling of the man's name in Italian (my name is Nicola, and I'm named after my grandfather). Here's a decent explanation of the origins of the name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_(name). As you'll see from that article, the Brits, Poles, and Germans erroneously considered the "a" ending the name as feminine. To be sure, there are variants among Italians: Nicolò, Niccolò, Nico, among others, but if you do an advanced Google search for only Italian websites for "Nicola," you won't find any women or girls listed. Similarly, if you do such a search for "Nichola," you may find one or two who have Italian-looking surnames, but the majority of the hits will be for people with English-looking surnames. So what I'm suggesting is that your parents probably put the "h" in your name to distinguish it from a girl's name. Problem is, as I'm pointing out, "Nicola" was never a girl's name in the first place; it has only become so through ignorance. And, by the way, it's pronounced "ni-CO-la," not "NI-co-la."