Nicholson is a Germanic and Scottish surname. It is a patronymic form of the given name Nichol, which was a common medieval form of Nicholas.[2]

Nicholson
Pronunciation/ˈnɪkəlsən/
Language(s)English
Origin
Word/nameScottish
Meaningderived from the Greek word "Nikolaos" meaning "conqueror of people"
Other names
Variant form(s)DeNicola, DiNicola, McNichol, McNicholl, McNicol, Mikołajewicz, Mykolayenko, Mykolenko, Nichols, Nickel, Nickell, Nickelsen, Nickelson, Nickson, Nicolăescu, Nicolescu, Nicol, Nicoll, Nicolson, Niculescu, Nielsen, Nigog(h)osian, Nigog(h)osyan, Nikog(h)osian, Nikog(h)osyan, Nikoladze, Nikolajević, Nikolaou, Nikolayev, Nikolayevsky, Nikolaou, Nikolić, Nikolopoulos, Nikolov, Nikolovski, Nilsen, Nilsson, Nixon, Papanikolaou
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People with the surname

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  1. ^ "Nicholson Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
  2. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.