The first name Mykola
A boy’s name.
3 syllables Male
Meaning and origin
A transliteration of the Carpathian Rusyn or Ukrainian male given name Мико́ла (Mykóla), equivalent to Nicholas.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Mykola last appeared in the official list in 1997, given to 3 boys.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Mykola with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Mykola at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 6 boys born in the United States were named Mykola, the 11,571st most popular boys’ name that year.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Mykola
8 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Mykola BychokCatholic bishop (1980-)
- Mykola FominChief engineer of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant during the disaster, born 1937
- Mykola IshchenkoFootballer, born 1983
- Mykola KudrytskyFootballer (1962-1994)
- Mykola MedinFootballer, born 1972
- Kmit MykolaFormer head of the Lviv Oblast State Administration, born 1966
- Nick AdamsAmerican actor and screenwriter (1931-1968)
- Nikolay DiletskyBaroque Russian-Ukrainian composer and music theorist, 1630–1690
Questions
- How popular is the name Mykola?
- In 1997, 3 boys born in England and Wales were named Mykola, ranking 2,859th.
- When was Mykola most popular?
- 2025 in the United States, when 6 babies were named Mykola, its highest rank at 11,571st.