Meaning & Etymology
English
From the Greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos) which meant "victory of the people" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and λαος (laos) "people". Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop from Anatolia who, according to legend, saved the daughters of a poor man from lives of prostitution. He is the patron saint of children, sailors and merchants, as well as Greece and Russia. He formed the basis for the figure known as Santa Claus (created in the 19th century from Dutch Sinterklaas), the bringer of Christmas presents.... [more]
/NIK-ə-ləs/
EtymologyFrom Middle English Nicholas, Old French Nicholas, Latin Nīcolāus, Ancient Greek Νικόλαος.
Popularity in the US
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Peak#960 in 1985 (162 births)
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Peak#7 in 1995 (29,160 births)
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Destiny 9 — The Humanitarian
9
The Humanitarian
Mars · Fire · The Humanitarian
CompassionateGenerousIdealisticCreativeWiseTolerant
Life Path 9 is governed by Mars — the warrior planet — but the 9 channels Mars's fierce energy not toward personal conquest but toward the elevation and healing of the world. The vibration of 9 is the energy of completion: it is the final number in the primary cycle, carrying within it the accumulated wisdom and experience of all the numbers that preceded it. The 9 has, in a sense, already been all the other numbers — has known the 1's ambition, the 2's sensitivity, the 3's joy, the 4's discipline, the 5's freedom, the 6's love, the 7's wisdom, and the 8's power — and what remains is the integration of all of them into a compassionate, expansive, universally oriented force for good. Life Path 9s are the humanitarians, the sages, the artists who create not for personal glory but for the enrichment of the collective.
Famous People with Destiny 9
AE
Albert Einstein
Theoretical physicist, Theory of Relativity
Scientist
CD
Charles Darwin
Naturalist, author of Theory of Evolution
Scientist
AT
Alan Turing
Mathematician and computer science pioneer
Scientist
JK
Johannes Kepler
Astronomer, laws of planetary motion
Scientist
AL
Ada Lovelace
Mathematician, first computer programmer
Scientist
IS
Igor Stravinsky
Modernist composer, The Rite of Spring
Musician
JM
Jim Morrison
Rock musician, vocalist of The Doors
Musician
JS
John Steinbeck
American novelist, The Grapes of Wrath
Writer