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[Opinions] Nicola
I was thinking about the name Nicola the other day. A friend of mine has a new baby neice called Nicola. It was really popular among girls of my age (born late 70's) and off the top of my head I can count 12 Nicola's my age (there were four in my year at school and three in my current department at work) or a few years older or younger.(The emphasis is on the first syllable, not the second as the database says). Many of them go by Nicky, Nicki, Nikki or Niki etc. I don't think it's ever really caught on in America though? Any thoughts on why not? I know Nicole has been more popular there.What are your thoughts on it as a name?
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I hate it- I used to know a very terrible and slutty person who almost ruined my life with this name. Even if I didn't know her, this sounds disgusting.
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I hate it- I used to know a very terrible and slutty person who almost ruined my life with this name. Even if I didn't know her, this sounds disgusting.
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Not going back and reading everyone else's replies, so I may just be restating....My guess would be that it isn't popular because it sounds like "cola." I didn't know it was popular anywhere, though, so maybe not....I like the name, oddly. I dislike Nicole, must mostly because it's overdone and such a filler mn. I cannot count how many people I know with the middle name Nicole. :\ Nicola is indeed quite similar, but just sounds much better to me.
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I often find that the BtN listed pronounciation is wrong. Or I try saying it as it's listed and it sounds like I'm faking an American accent.Anyway, I don't mind Nicola. Much better than Nicole IMO.
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It's alright. Kind of cute. It definitely hasn't caught on in the US as I've never met nor heard of a female Nicola.As a girl's name, I'd pronounce it ni-KOL-ə because NIK-oh-la sounds more masculine to me.
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I myself have wondered why Nicola never caught on in the USA.Perhaps it's because it reminds Americans too much of "nickel", the name of our 5 cent coin?
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Don't like it. Like in Britain it was overused here in the 70s. I see it as dated and a bit trashy. Nicola and Nikki seem to be popular Page 3/stripper names.A friend of a friend was Nicola and said it Nee-kola as opposed to Nic-o-la. I knew someone who had a daughter Nicole "Cole" which actually suited her.
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Nicole itself is somewhat of a dated name to me at least, so that, to me makes Nicola sound dated as well.
Also, it sounds like Ricola (in my head), like the coughdrop, which is an unappealing sound.
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Nikola is a boy's name to me (very popular here), so I can't see it on a girl.
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Hmmm..your pronunciation changes it into an entirely different name. I always have heard it as rhyming with Cola. I like it the way you say it.
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I'm assuming the Cola pronunciation is the American one. I saw a British programme but there was an American woman called Nicola on it and everyone called her Ni-COLA so I guess that's how she said it.
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The problem I have with this name is that it's a male name in Italian (though with the emphasis on the 2nd syllable). Otherwise, yes, it feels like a very 1970s-ish /80s-ish name.
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I like it!I think it's very pretty. My violin is named Niccola (NICK-oh-la) after Paganini. :-)
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Thorougly dislikeLike with Nicole, the English pronunciation with the curt NIC sound is awful to my ears. I don't like the standard Nikki nickname either. It sounds like the pet form of knickers :/I also only recently learned it was a masculine Italian name. I must have been under a rock!
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