Nicolay

Nicolay is a given name and a surname.^[1] The Digital Dictionary of German Family Names says that as a German surname, it is a spelling variant of "Nikolai"^[2] and the latter is described as a patronymic from the given name Nikolaus produced with the Latin genitive suffix '-i'.^[3] Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Nicolay (musician) (born 1974), Dutch record producer
Nicolay Aarestrup (1898–1983), Norwegian businessperson
Nicolay August Andresen (1812–1894), Norwegian banker
Nicolay de Caveri, 15th-16th century Genoese cartographer
Nicolay Peter Drejer (1773–1808), Norwegian military officer
Nicolay Natzvalov (1884–1919), Russian general
Nicolay Nicolaysen (1817–1911), Norwegian archaeologist and antiquarian
Nicolay Paskevich (1907–2003), American painter
Nicolay Ramm (born 1988), Norwegian journalist and comedian
Nicolay Solberg (born 1991), Norwegian footballer
Nicolay Nicolaysen Sontum (1852–1915), Norwegian engineer

Surname

Christian Nicolay (born 1976), German javelin thrower
Francis Nicolay (1944–2002), Belgian footballer
François de Nicolay (1919–1963), French farm manager, arboriculturist and politician
Franz Nicolay (born 1977), American musician and writer
Janice K. Nicolay (1942–2024), American politician
Jean Nicolay (1937–2014), Belgian footballer
John George Nicolay (1832–1901), German-American civil servant and author
Louis Nicolay, Belgian sports delegate in the 1950s
Ludwig Ernst von Nicolay (1820–1891), Russian general
Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolay (1737–1820), German poet
Mary Nicolay (1850–1939), British Australian Nightingale nurse
Nicolas de Nicolay (1517–1583), French geographer
Nicolás Nicolay (born 1979), Argentine footballer
Scott Nicolay (born 1963), American author of weird fiction
William Nicolay (1771–1842), British Army officer and colonial governor

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick, ed. (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 667. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
↑ Nicolay
↑ Nikolai

[Hanks_2003-1] Hanks, Patrick, ed. (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 667. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1. Retrieved 27 July 2026.

[2] Nicolay

[3] Nikolai

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