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Thumbs down.

I didn't like it growing up in the 90s, but I do now.
I also like Nikki, Nicola, Nicholas, etc.

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I just think it's a good name. It's got a distinct sound and a nice meaning, and the Nike connection is interesting. It ages pretty well.

This message was edited 12/13/2021, 10:06 PM

Not a fan. I have a friend who has a very Polish first name and Nicole as her middle name, and it's... unexpected. I think I could get behind it as a mn in an odd/unexpected combo, sometimes that works, it seems, but I don't like it as a first name.

I prefer Nicola, or even Nicolette. Nicole sounds like a gloomy, dismal sigh.

As an early 90s baby, I heard Nicole said so dang much growing up... some of them went by their full names, others by Nikki. I knew more girls called Nicole / Nikki than boys called Nicholas / Nick - and the only reason I bring that up is because Nicholas (while maybe being slightly dated) is one of my favorite names for a boy, whereas I have never warmed up to Nicole. I suspect that this is due to the different emphases: Nicholas has the "Nick" part stressed, whereas Nicole stresses "Cole" - and I'm not really a fan of Cole (coal).

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It probably doesn't help that one of my childhood bullies was named Nicole (no nickname).

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The big hit movie with girls of my generation, Ever After, chose the characters' names well (particularly for the American audience it seemed to be catering to). The wicked stepmother, Rodmilla, had a name likely borne by no girl in the audience. Marguerite, the wicked stepsister, would have been quite rare (even if there were Margarets / Maggies in the audience, it's not quite the same). The name of the nicer stepsister, Jacqueline (ZHAK-LEEN), would've been slightly more common. And the Cinderella character, whose real name was Danielle and pseudonym was Nicole (after her mother), used names that would've belonged to many girls in the audience.

Hi !!!

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Here in Italy Nicole has been in the Top40 for newborns since 1999 (in 2019 was #16). I personally know at least four of them. Boring.

I have a friend with this name who was born in Germany. My friend was born in the early 1970s and whilst she likes her name she said it was definitely the name of the time. There were six other girls called Nicole in her school year group.

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I like it but I prefer Nicola. I have met two girls called Nicole , one Nicola, two called Nichola and one Nicoletta and all of them were born in the 70s and 80s so it seems a little dated now.

This message was edited 12/13/2021, 11:57 AM

It's my name and I've always had mixed feelings about it. I'd say it's a bit dated these days, but if it wasn't for that and the fact that it's my name I would probably like it.

I like it

I didn't like it when I was growing up, but I like it now. I've heard people say it's faux French, which never made much sense to me, because it is a French name? IDK.

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Anyway, I like it fine. I think it's pretty, in that "I was born in the 80's" kind of way (no shade, I was also born in the 80's). I like Nic/Nicky/Nikki as, heh, NICKNAMES. And I really like the 'cole' sound in names, but I might be the only one. So, those are my feelings about Nicole.