56-3821: Nikolas is a given name and a surname . Notable people with the name include the following: Given name [ edit ] Music [ edit ] Nikolas Asimos (1949–1988), Greek composer and singer Nikolas Caoile , American conductor Nikolas Metaxas (born 1988), American singer and songwriter Nikolas Papamitrou (born 1995), American hip hop record producer known by his stage name Papamitrou Nikolas Schreck , American singer/songwriter, musician, author, film-maker and Tantric Buddhist religious teacher Nikolas Sideris (born 1977), Greek composer Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis (1936–1998), American record producer known as Nick Venet Sports [ edit ] Nikolas Asprogenous (born 1986), Cypriot footballer Nikolas Berger (born 1974), Austrian beach volleyball player Nikolas Besagno (born 1988), American soccer player Nikolas Gelavis (born 1929), Australian rules footballer known as Nick Gelavis Nikolas Ketner (born 1991), Czech ice hockey player Nikolas Khamenia (born 2006), American basketball player Nikolas Ledgerwood (born 1985), Canadian soccer player Nikolas Lewis (born 1982), American gridiron football player and coach known as Nik Lewis Nikolas Maes (born 1986), Belgian road bicycle racer Nikolas Matinpalo (born 1998), Finnish ice hockey player Nikolas Mattheou (born 1998), Cypriot footballer Nikolas Nartey (born 2000), Danish footballer Nikolas Nicolaou (born 1979), Cypriot football player Nikolas Panagiotou (born 2000), Cypriot footballer Nikolas Petrik (born 1984), Austrian ice hockey player Nikolas Proesmans (born 1992), Belgian footballer Nikolas Špalek (born 1997), Slovak footballer Nikolas Stauskas (born 1993), Canadian basketball player known as Nik Stauskas Nikolas Sylvester (born 2000), Vincentian swimmer Nikolas Tsattalios (born 1990), Australian footballer Nikolas Wallenda (born 1979), American acrobat known as Nik Wallenda Nikolas Wamsteeker (born 1996), Canadian ice dancer Other professions [ edit ] Nikolas Ferreira (born 1996), Brazilian politician Nikolas Gvosdev (born 1969), Russian international relations scholar Nikolas Kompridis (born 1953), Canadian philosopher and political theorist Nikolas Kozloff (born 1969), American author Nikolas Löbel (born 1986), German politician Nikolas Ormaetxea (1888–1961), Spanish writer Nikolas Papadopoulos (born 1973), Cypriot politician Nikolas Patsaouras (born 1943), American urban planner known as Nick Patsaouras Nikolas Rose (born 1947), British sociologist Nikolas Schiller (born 1980), American blogger Nikolas Sigurdsson Paus (mentioned 1329–1347), Norwegian nobleman Nikolas Tsakos (born 1963), Greek shipowner Nikolas Vogel (1967–1991), Austrian film actor Nikolas Weinstein (born 1968), American glass artist Other [ edit ] Nikolas Cruz (born 1998), American mass murderer serving multiple life sentences Fictional characters [ edit ] Nikolas Cassadine , from American soap opera General Hospital' Middle name [ edit ] Karl Nikolas Fraas (1810–1875), German botanist and agriculturist Olaf Nikolas Olsen (1794–1848), Danish military officer Surname [ edit ] Alexa Nikolas (born 1992), American actress See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Nikolas All pages with titles containing Nikolas Nicolas (disambiguation) Nickolas Niklas (name) Nikola Nikolai (disambiguation) Nikolaj [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
112-451: A maiden name , a patronymic , or a baptismal name . In England, it was unusual for a person to have more than one given name until the seventeenth century when Charles James Stuart ( King Charles I ) was baptised with two names. That was a French fashion, which spread to the English aristocracy, following the royal example, then spread to the general population and became common by the end of
168-477: A name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A Christian name is the first name which is given at baptism , in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms ' on a first-name basis ' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to
224-472: A power law distribution . Since about 1800 in England and Wales and in the U.S., the popularity distribution of given names has been shifting so that the most popular names are losing popularity. For example, in England and Wales, the most popular female and male names given to babies born in 1800 were Mary and John, with 24% of female babies and 22% of male babies receiving those names, respectively. In contrast,
280-595: A character from the movie Splash . Lara and Larissa were rare in America before the appearance of Doctor Zhivago , and have become fairly common since. Songs can influence the naming of children. Jude jumped from 814th most popular male name in 1968 to 668th in 1969, following the release of the Beatles ' " Hey Jude ". Similarly, Layla charted as 969th most popular in 1972 after the Eric Clapton song. It had not been in
336-562: A comprehensive study of Norwegian first name datasets shows that the main factors that govern first name dynamics are endogenous . Monitoring the popularity of 1,000 names over 130 years, the authors have identified only five cases of exogenous effects, three of them are connected to the names given to the babies of the Norwegian royal family. Since the civil rights movement of 1950–1970, African-American names given to children have strongly mirrored sociopolitical movements and philosophies in
392-495: A family in the manner of American English Seniors, Juniors , III , etc. Similarly, it is considered disadvantageous for the child to bear a name already made famous by someone else through romanizations , where a common name like Liu Xiang may be borne by tens of thousands. Korean names and Vietnamese names are often simply conventions derived from Classical Chinese counterparts. Many female Japanese names end in -ko ( 子 ), usually meaning "child" on its own. However,
448-498: A given generation within a family and extended family or families, in order to differentiate those generations from other generations. The order given name – father's family name – mother's family name is commonly used in several Spanish -speaking countries to acknowledge the families of both parents. The order given name – mother's family name – father's family name is commonly used in Portuguese -speaking countries to acknowledge
504-529: A given name has versions in many languages. For example, the biblical name Susanna also occurs in its original biblical Hebrew version, Shoshannah , its Spanish and Portuguese version Susana , its French version, Suzanne , its Polish version, Zuzanna , or its Hungarian version, Zsuzsanna . Despite the uniformity of Chinese surnames , some Chinese given names are fairly original because Chinese characters can be combined extensively. Unlike European languages, with their Biblical and Greco-Roman heritage,
560-454: A government-appointed registrar of births may refuse to register a name for the reasons that it may cause a child harm, that it is considered offensive, or if it is deemed impractical. In France, the agency can refer the case to a local judge. Some jurisdictions, such as Sweden, restrict the spelling of names. In Denmark, one does not need to register a given name for the child until the child is six months old, and in some cases, one can even wait
616-407: A little longer than this before the child gets an official name. Parents may choose a name because of its meaning. This may be a personal or familial meaning, such as giving a child the name of an admired person, or it may be an example of nominative determinism , in which the parents give the child a name that they believe will be lucky or favourable for the child. Given names most often derive from
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#1733106381876672-416: A pivotal character in his epic prose work, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia ; Jessica , created by William Shakespeare in his play The Merchant of Venice ; Vanessa , created by Jonathan Swift ; Fiona , a character from James Macpherson 's spurious cycle of Ossian poems; Wendy , an obscure name popularised by J. M. Barrie in his play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up ; and Madison ,
728-518: A second smoke-in. In October 2017, DCMJ began their campaign to raise awareness that individuals living in government subsidized housing risk eviction if they are found to have cannabis in their homes. Since the beginning of 2004 he has been involved with the DC statehood movement . He was served on the steering committee of the DC Statehood Green Party from 2005 to 2007 and was a delegate to
784-546: A standard in Hungary . This order is also used to various degrees and in specific contexts in other European countries, such as Austria and adjacent areas of Germany (that is, Bavaria ), and in France , Switzerland , Belgium , Greece and Italy , possibly because of the influence of bureaucracy, which commonly puts the family name before the given name. In China and Korea, part of the given name may be shared among all members of
840-535: A street lamp outside of MTV's The Real World house in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC that said IN THE REAL WORLD ALL AMERICANS DESERVE FULL REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS . In November 2009, while dressed in colonial attire, he was asked to take off his tricorn hat during a Congressional hearing on budget autonomy for the District of Columbia and was briefly detained by the U.S. Capitol Police , but
896-470: Is a non-partisan issue. Calling it #Trump420, over 5,500 joints were rolled prior to the inauguration. By January 20, 2017, over 8,000 joints had been rolled. Schiller helped organize another joint giveaway near the U.S. Capitol , which ultimately resulted in numerous arrests. The following day 6 of the activists had their charges dropped, which allowed DCMJ to come back to the Capitol four days later for
952-402: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name ) is the part of a personal name that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan ) who have a common surname . The term given name refers to
1008-940: Is predominant. Also, a particular spelling is often more common for either men or women, even if the pronunciation is the same. Many culture groups, past and present, did not or do not gender their names strongly; thus, many or all of their names are unisex. On the other hand, in many languages including most Indo-European languages (but not English), gender is inherent in the grammar. Some countries have laws preventing unisex names , requiring parents to give their children sex-specific names. Names may have different gender connotations from country to country or language to language. Within anthroponymic classification, names of human males are called andronyms (from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ / man, and ὄνυμα [ὄνομα] / name), while names of human females are called gynonyms (from Ancient Greek γυνή / woman, and ὄνυμα [ὄνομα] / name). The popularity (frequency) distribution of given names typically follows
1064-469: Is taking a "wait and see" approach instead of applying for a license. On February 21, 2012, a photo of him in colonial attire appeared in Washington Post columnist Vivek Wadhwa 's article America, keep rewarding your dissidents In the summer of 2013 Schiller began driving an art car around Washington, DC with a sculpture of a genetically modified apple attached to the roof in order to protest
1120-580: Is the Baby Name Game that uses the Elo rating system to rank parents preferred names and help them select one. Popular culture appears to have an influence on naming trends, at least in the United States and United Kingdom. Newly famous celebrities and public figures may influence the popularity of names. For example, in 2004, the names "Keira" and "Kiera" (anglicisation of Irish name Ciara) respectively became
1176-769: Is used throughout most European countries and in countries that have cultures predominantly influenced by European culture, including North and South America ; North , East , Central and West India ; Australia , New Zealand , and the Philippines . The order family name – given name , commonly known as Eastern name order , is primarily used in East Asia (for example in China , Japan , Korea , Taiwan , Singapore , and Vietnam , among others, and by Malaysian Chinese ), as well as in Southern and North-Eastern parts of India , and as
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#17331063818761232-590: The Chinese language does not have a particular set of words reserved for given names: any combination of Chinese characters can theoretically be used as a given name. Nonetheless, a number of popular characters commonly recur, including "Strong" ( 伟 , Wěi ), "Learned" ( 文 , Wén ), "Peaceful" ( 安 , Ān ), and "Beautiful" ( 美 , Měi ). Despite China's increasing urbanization, several names such as "Pine" ( 松 , Sōng ) or " Plum " ( 梅 , Méi ) also still reference nature. Most Chinese given names are two characters long and—despite
1288-514: The Council of the District of Columbia passed legislation allowing the District of Columbia Board of Elections to change ballot access rules, the campaign was able to successfully mail over 200,000 petitions to District of Columbia voters and hire over 150 petition circulators to collect signatures from registered voters outside grocery stores using social distancing in order to successfully qualify for
1344-575: The Green Party of the United States from 2006 to 2007. He has been a vocal critic of DC voting rights legislation that would give residents of the District of Columbia only one vote in the United States House of Representatives . He has created a DC Flag and a DC license plate to express the concept of taxation with one-third representation. He has been known to attend voting rights demonstrations wearing colonial outfits to emphasize
1400-449: The Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC. In February 2013, Schiller, along with Adam Eidinger and Alan Amsterdam, co-founded DC Marijuana Justice, colloquially known as DCMJ. the organization submitted their first draft to the District of Columbia Board of Elections . Due to the prohibition of the ballot initiatives from being able to appropriate funds to implement the proposed legislation,
1456-573: The World Trade Center and the Pentagon . In March 2008 he removed the robots exclusion protocols from his blog, which now allows his website to be accessed from all major search engines . In July 2008 he was assaulted on his doorstep by three men, but survived with only a bloody lip. As a blogger, he has worked with writers at Wonkette and the Huffington Post . He currently resides in
1512-476: The 51st and 92nd most popular girls' names in the UK, following the rise in popularity of British actress Keira Knightley . In 2001, the use of Colby as a boys' name for babies in the United States jumped from 233rd place to 99th, just after Colby Donaldson was the runner-up on Survivor: The Australian Outback . Also, the female name "Miley" which before was not in the top 1000 was 278th most popular in 2007, following
1568-691: The African-American community. Since the 1970s neologistic (creative, inventive) practices have become increasingly common and the subject of academic study. Nikolas Schiller Nikolas Schiller (born October 10, 1980) is an American blogger and drug policy reform activist who lives in Washington, DC. He is primarily known for developing Geospatial Art , which is the name he gave to his collection of abstract fantasy maps created from kaleidoscopic aerial photographs , and co-founding DCMJ , where he helped write Initiative 71 , which legalized
1624-417: The District of Columbia. In May 2010, after the Council of the District of Columbia passed legislation to regulate the medical cannabis program, he went on record advocating for more employment protections for qualified patients. In February 2011, he helped organize a town hall meeting to educate the public on the medical cannabis program's regulations. On the one year anniversary of Congress approving
1680-519: The Trinity"; Haile Miriam, "power of Mary"—as the most conspicuous exception). However, the name Jesus is considered taboo or sacrilegious in some parts of the Christian world , though this taboo does not extend to the cognate Joshua or related forms which are common in many languages even among Christians. In some Spanish-speaking countries, the name Jesus is considered a normal given name. Similarly,
1736-466: The U.S. government's policies on the labeling of genetically modified foods . Named Goldie , the Ford Escort was a part of a fleet of art cars that featured sculptures of a corn cob , soybean , sugar beet , and tomato that were designed to appear cross-bred with a fish to humorously convey the message that unlabeled genetically engineered food was fishy. In August 2013 he drove the car across
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1792-402: The United States from Washington, DC to Washington state in order to promote the passage of Ballot Initiative 522 . In 2020, he served as the field director for Initiative 81 , a Washington, DC ballot initiative that will make some plant medicines the lowest law enforcement priority. Due to the coronavirus pandemic , the campaign was forced to suspend its operations in the spring. After
1848-552: The White House, which resulted in a meeting with White House staff. Later that year he helped bring two 51' foot long inflatable joints to the Democratic National Convention to "make sure all candidates are for full legalization of cannabis." After the election of Donald Trump , in early 2017 DCMJ announced that it was going to distribute 4,200 joints at the inauguration in order to highlight that cannabis reform
1904-738: The character when used in given names can have a feminine (adult) connotation. In many Westernised Asian locations, many Asians also have an unofficial or even registered Western (typically English) given name, in addition to their Asian given name. This is also true for Asian students at colleges in countries such as the United States, Canada, and Australia as well as among international businesspeople. Most names in English are traditionally masculine (Hugo, James, Harold) or feminine (Daphne, Charlotte, Jane), but there are unisex names as well, such as Jordan , Jamie , Jesse , Morgan , Leslie/ Lesley , Joe / Jo , Jackie , Pat , Dana, Alex, Chris / Kris , Randy / Randi , Lee , etc. Often, use for one gender
1960-668: The corresponding statistics for England and Wales in 1994 were Emily and James, with 3% and 4% of names, respectively. Not only have Mary and John gone out of favour in the English-speaking world, but the overall distribution of names has also changed significantly over the last 100 years for females, but not for males. This has led to an increasing amount of diversity for female names. Education, ethnicity, religion, class and political ideology affect parents' choice of names. Politically conservative parents choose common and traditional names, while politically liberal parents may choose
2016-531: The cultivation and possession of small amounts of cannabis in the nation's capital. He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri . In 1999 he moved to Washington, D.C. to study geography and computer science at the George Washington University . In 2004 he created a blog called The Daily Render and unlike many people at the time, chose to prevent search engines from accessing the content. Over
2072-503: The eighteenth century. Some double-given names for women were used at the start of the eighteenth century but were used together as a unit: Anna Maria, Mary Anne and Sarah Jane. Those became stereotyped as the typical names of servants and so became unfashionable in the nineteenth century. Double names remain popular in the Southern United States . Double names are also common among Vietnamese names to make repeated name in
2128-452: The examples above—the two characters together may mean nothing at all. Instead, they may be selected to include particular sounds, tones , or radicals ; to balance the Chinese elements of a child's birth chart ; or to honor a generation poem handed down through the family for centuries. Traditionally, it is considered an affront , not an honor, to have a newborn named after an older relative and so full names are rarely passed down through
2184-400: The fact that District resident are colonists who suffer from Taxation Without Representation . In February 2009, under the motto “The United States government operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so should Metro ,” he created a Facebook Group called " Washington Metropolitan Area Residents for a 24 Hour Metro " to help lobby for expanded operating hours. In July 2009 he put up a sign on
2240-525: The familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or gentile name ) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names and religious or monastic names are special given names bestowed upon someone receiving a crown or entering a religious order; such a person then typically becomes known chiefly by that name. The order given name – family name , commonly known as Western name order ,
2296-535: The families of both parents. Today, people in Spain and Uruguay can rearrange the order of their names legally to this order. The order given name - father's given name - grandfather's given name (often referred to as triple name ) is the official naming order used in Arabic countries (for example Saudi Arabia , Iraq and United Arab Emirates ). In many Western cultures , people often have multiple given names. Most often
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2352-407: The family. For example, Đặng Vũ Minh Anh and Đặng Vũ Minh Ánh, are two sisters with the given names Minh Anh and Minh Ánh. Sometimes, a given name is used as just an initial, especially in combination with the middle initial (such as with H. G. Wells ), and more rarely as an initial while the middle name is not one (such as with L. Ron Hubbard ). A child's given name or names are usually chosen by
2408-524: The first draft was withdrawn. The second version, which became Initiative 71 , was submitted by Adam Eidinger to the DC Board of Elections in early 2014. Schiller served as the campaign's Director of Communications. Beginning in 2016 his work with DCMJ focused on advocacy related to the removal cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act . DCMJ organized an extremely popular smoke-in outside
2464-407: The first one in sequence is the one that a person goes by, although exceptions are not uncommon, such as in the cases of John Edgar Hoover (J. Edgar) and Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (Barbara). The given name might also be used in compound form, as in, for example, John Paul or a hyphenated style like Bengt-Arne . A middle name might be part of a compound given name or might be, instead,
2520-455: The following categories: In many cultures, given names are reused, especially to commemorate ancestors or those who are particularly admired, resulting in a limited repertoire of names that sometimes vary by orthography . The most familiar example of this, to Western readers, is the use of Biblical and saints' names in most of the Christian countries (with Ethiopia, in which names were often ideals or abstractions—Haile Selassie, "power of
2576-399: The legislation, he helped organize a press conference to call on the District of Columbia government to fully implement the program, allow patients to grow their own medicine, and to establish an affirmative defense for patients. Due to the " glacial pace" and a requirement to sign a legal waiver concerning federal prosecution for participation in the program, he said that the organization
2632-507: The name Mary , now popular among Christians, particularly Roman Catholics , was considered too holy for secular use until about the 12th century. In countries that particularly venerated Mary, this remained the case much longer; in Poland, until the arrival in the 17th century of French queens named Marie. Most common given names in English (and many other European languages) can be grouped into broad categories based on their origin: Frequently,
2688-505: The names of literary characters or other relatively obscure cultural figures. Devout members of religions often choose names from their religious scriptures. For example, Hindu parents may name a daughter Saanvi after the goddess, Jewish parents may name a boy Isaac after one of the earliest ancestral figures, and Muslim parents may name a boy Mohammed after the prophet Mohammed . There are many tools parents can use to choose names, including books, websites and applications. An example
2744-417: The next 1000 days he developed and published a unique type of map composed of kaleidescopic aerial photographs . In the lead up to the second inauguration of George W. Bush , he developed one of the first on-line maps of the planned events to use aerial photography. In May 2007 he created a site for image macros of his maps in the vein of the popular LOLcats meme with his website LOLMaps . During
2800-602: The parents soon after birth. If a name is not assigned at birth, one may be given at a naming ceremony , with family and friends in attendance. In most jurisdictions, a child's name at birth is a matter of public record, inscribed on a birth certificate , or its equivalent. In Western cultures, people normally retain the same given name throughout their lives. However, in some cases these names may be changed by following legal processes or by repute. People may also change their names when immigrating from one country to another with different naming conventions. In certain jurisdictions,
2856-642: The rise to fame of singer-actress Miley Cyrus (who was named Destiny at birth). Characters from fiction also seem to influence naming. After the name Kayla was used for a character on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives , the name's popularity increased greatly. The name Tammy , and the related Tamara became popular after the movie Tammy and the Bachelor came out in 1957. Some names were established or spread by being used in literature. Notable examples include Pamela , invented by Sir Philip Sidney for
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2968-466: The summer of 2007 he created website showing a simulated I.E.D. experience using a "drive" down a street constructed with Google Streetview . At that time he also discovered that the aerial and satellite imagery of downtown Washington, D.C. was purposely out-dated for national security concerns. In the fall of 2007 he designed the record cover for Thievery Corporation 's 12" single Supreme Illusion (ESL110), which features aerial photography of
3024-517: The top 1,000 before. Kayleigh became a particularly popular name in the United Kingdom following the release of a song by the British rock group Marillion . Government statistics in 2005 revealed that 96% of Kayleighs were born after 1985, the year in which Marillion released " Kayleigh ". Popular culture figures need not be admirable in order to influence naming trends. For example, Peyton came into
3080-474: The top 1000 as a female given name for babies in the United States for the first time in 1992 (at #583), immediately after it was featured as the name of an evil nanny in the film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle . On the other hand, historical events can influence child-naming. For example, the given name Adolf has fallen out of use since the end of World War II in 1945. In contrast with this anecdotal evidence,
3136-458: Was allowed to return to the hearing after promising to not put the hat back on. As an antiwar activist, he once arranged bricks on the rooftop of his home to spell out NO WAR so that his message would show up on Google Maps . In January 2010, he co-founded a non-profit organization called the DC Patients' Cooperative , which he hoped would become a licensed medical cannabis dispensary in
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