Nicolas

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The origin of the name Nicolas is Greek

 

This is how Nicolas is written in Greek

Νικόλαος = Nikolaos

 

The  biblical meaning of the name Nicolas is victor of the people.

 

Nicolas was a proselyte of Antioch and one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem

 

The name Nicolas appears in the bible in the following verse:

 

Acts 6:5 KJV
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: