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Meaning of the nameNicoly

Nicoly is a spelling of the name Nicoli.

Meaning

The meaning of Nicoly is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
27,139
Rank in Brazil
#878
Median age
12 years
2010 Census
8,100
people

Nicoly in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nicoly, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (12,968 people).

26,973 women 166 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Nicoly is most common

States with the highest share of people named Nicoly in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Paraná 0.020%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.019%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.019%
  4. Rondônia 0.019%
  5. São Paulo 0.018%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo8,1220.018%
Minas Gerais3,0560.015%
Paraná2,3300.020%
Rio de Janeiro1,6790.011%
Rio Grande do Sul1,6470.015%
Santa Catarina1,4620.019%
Goiás1,0630.015%
Bahia9900.007%
Pernambuco7670.009%
Espírito Santo7190.019%
Pará6710.008%
Ceará5960.007%
Mato Grosso5020.014%
Mato Grosso do Sul4590.017%
Maranhão3870.006%
Paraíba3760.010%
Amazonas3440.009%
Distrito Federal3080.011%
Rondônia2940.019%
Sergipe2750.012%
Rio Grande do Norte2710.008%
Alagoas2260.007%
Piauí2010.006%
Tocantins1800.012%
Acre780.009%
Amapá690.009%
Roraima670.011%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Nicoly

Replaces the final i with y; it has more records among women born in the 2010s and, proportionally, appears more in Paraná.

About the name Nicoli

Nicoli, Nicoly, Nicolly and Nicolli are four spellings of a female name, differing in the final letter, i or y, and in whether the l is single or double. The origin of these spellings is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 22,313 people named Nicoli, with a median age of 13; proportionally, the name is most common in Santa Catarina. All four spellings are almost always recorded as female, and Nicolly is the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Nicoli

SpellingPeople (2022)
Nicolly34,077
Nicoly27,139
Nicoli22,313
Nicolli2,690

Questions about the name Nicoly

What does the name Nicoly mean?

The meaning of Nicoly is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Nicoly in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 27,139 people with the first name Nicoly, which ranks it number 878 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Nicoly a boy's or a girl's name?

Nicoly is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 26,973 women and 166 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Nicoly most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.020% of the state's population is named Nicoly (2,330 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Nicoly?

Nicolly, Nicoli and Nicolli. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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