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Italian Baby Names
Nicoletta

English translation/equivalent: Nicoletta, Nicole

Origin: Derived from the Greek and Byzantine Nikolaos, composed from nikein, "to win," and from laòs, "people, multitude", and therefore means "winner of the people."

Name Day/Onomastico: December 6—in memory of St. Nicholas (died 350).

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: feminine form of Nicola

Guide to Italian Baby Names
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