Nice

Used in: 2 countries

Origin: French

Borrowed from French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for a 4th-century-BCE victory of its colonizing Phocaean Greeks over local Ligurians, probably the Vediantii, from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia: forming place names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nicaea.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Nicer Derived from Nice
Nicet Derived from Nice
Nicey Derived from Nice
Nicel Derived from Nice
Nicely Derived from Nice
Niceto Derived from Nice
Nicell Derived from Nice
Nicetas Derived from Nice
Abadie French origin
Abair French origin

Popularity by Country

Nice

Rank #8945

Frequency 3,361 people (1.25 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 95.63% Hispanic 1.37% Black 1.13% Asian/PI 0.45% Native Am. 0.24% Two+ 1.19%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

Nice

Rank #21696

INSEE Death Records 1970-2024 ↗

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