Nicola 2

So Helena, Philippa, etc in Britain is usually pronounced with the first part of the name and just adding an a. Helen a Philip a etc but all the pronunciation guides of this one seem to suggest it is like nickle a instead of nicole a. I can only assume this is to give it more of a link to being the feminine form of Nicholas. I do like the Nicole a pronunciation better but I also want to be accurate and authentic to the British pronunciation.

Variant English Pronunciations: ni-KOL-ə, ni-KO-lə.

Ni-CO-lah makes more sense to me as the proper way to say this strange name. I don't know why we're supposed to say nickel-lah, but if I ever meet a Nickel-lah, this is how I'll call her. By the way, I prefer Nicole.

This name and Nichola are pronounced NIK-ə-lə, not ni-KO-lə. It's pronounced in the same was as Nicholas but without the 's'. [noted -ed]

I've met lot of girls named Nicola, and the only pronunciation I've ever heard is NIK-oh-lah, not nik-OH-lah.

I think this name is quite common in the UK and there it is pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable. Nicole has been so popular in the US but Nicola never really caught on.

I pronounce my middle name nee-COL-uh, the Spanish way.

Pronounced Ne ko lah.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Nicola here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.