Nov 10
Nicole Scherzinger doesn’t sounds like a French name, so what does the name Nicole mean in French?
The same like in any other language but you need to go back to the origin of Nicole which is in Greece.
Nicole is the typical French way of pronouncing the Greek name : Nicola.
Nicola was the Greek Goddess of victory, therefore Nicole means victory or victorious people.
The male version of Nicole is Nicolas
Famous French people with the victorious name Nicole
- Nicolas Sarkozy: France’s prime minister
- Colette from the movie Ratatouille that plays in a French restaurant
- French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873 -1954) who made quite a scandal in January 1907 performing at the opening of the French Moulin Rouge.
More famous Nicoles outside France
- Nicole Scherzinger, and although her name sounds German, she is half-Filipino, a quarter Russian and a quarter Hawaiian and a member of the Pussicat Dolls
- American Nicole Ritchie
- Australian Nicole Kidman
Nicole therefore isn’t a name that’s limited to France. A more French twist though is Nicolette or abbreviated to Colette. In Belgium (French or Flemish) Nicole becomes simply Nicol.
Please leave a comment if you have further questions about what does the name Nicole mean in French.
