The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Alternate spelling of “Nicky” / “Nikki”, diminutive of “Nicholas” or “Nicole”, etc.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
For girls: Cole, Colette, Coleen, Coline, Lina, Nica, Nichola, Nichole, Nicol, Nicola, Nicolette, Nicolina, Nicoline, Nicky, Nika, Nikka, Nikki, Nikkole, Nikol, Nikola, Nikole, Nikoleta, etc.
For boys: Cai, Claus, Colas, Col, Cole, Colet, Colin, Collin, Kai, Kay, Klaas, Klaus, Nels, Nic, Nichol, Nichols, Nick, Nicky, Nico, Nicol, Niek, Niels, Nils, Nik, Nika, Nikki, Niko, Nixon, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Nickie Boler, a boy “who was always well read on all sorts of queer old facts”, a founding member of the children’s society for the prevention of cruelty to cats, in “The Kit-Kat Club”, from The Youngest Miss Lorton, and Other Stories by Nora Perry (1889).

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