Name day
Nicole: Name Day and Patron Saint
Nicole keeps the name day on 6 December, or 19 December on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Nicholas the Wonderworker.
By custom, Nicole is kept with the name Nicholas and shares its saint and day.
- Patron saint
- St Nicholas the Wonderworker
- New Calendar
- 6 December
- Old Calendar
- 19 December
- Next name day
- 6 December 2026 (New Calendar) · 19 December 2026 (Old Calendar)
- In the feast calendar
- The feasts of December
The patron saint: St Nicholas the Wonderworker
Kept on 6 December, or 19 December on the Old Calendar · Repose (Russian folk name: Nikola Zimny, 'Winter St Nicholas')
St Nicholas was born in Patara in Lycia, the only son of the pious Theophanes and Nonna, who dedicated him to God. He gave away his whole inheritance to the poor, always in secret. Most famously, he threw gold through a poor man’s window by night so that his three daughters could marry honorably. Chosen by God’s own sign as Archbishop of Myra, he was gentle with his flock yet fearless for the truth. He was imprisoned for Christ under Diocletian, stood against Arius at the First Ecumenical Council, and snatched the sword from an executioner’s hand to save three innocent men. He calmed storms, fed his city in famine, and freed captives. After his repose his relics flowed with fragrant myrrh, and in 1087 they were carried to Bari in Italy. To this day Orthodox Christians everywhere, and above all in Russia, pray to St Nicholas as their “speedy helper”. They call on him before every journey, for their children, for their daughters’ marriages, and in any hard hour.
What the faithful pray for
- safe journeys and a safe return home
- the protection and well-being of children
- a good marriage for one’s daughters
- a good and holy family life
- deliverance from misfortunes and illness
- a good outcome in a difficult situation
- justice for those wrongly accused or condemned
- the release of captives and prisoners
- relief from poverty
- help in any hard hour, as a ‘speedy helper’
- the return of the straying to the true path
Protection
- travelers from danger on the road and at sea
- sailors from storms and drowning
- the innocent from unjust sentences
- the poor from want and despair
- from floods
- from famine
- cities and homes from enemies
Miracles
- He secretly threw gold through the window of a ruined father of three daughters, providing their dowries and saving them from being sold into sin. (source)
- He seized the executioner’s sword from above the heads of three men unjustly condemned by a bribed governor, and saved their lives. (source)
- On pilgrimage to the Holy Land he calmed a storm by his prayer and restored a sailor who had fallen from the mast. (source)
- He appeared to an Italian merchant, leaving three gold coins as pledge, and sent him with grain to rescue Myra from famine. (source)
Other saints named Nicole
Bright Week
Kept on Bright Tuesday · Bright Tuesday
The week of Pascha, when the Royal Doors stay open and every day is kept as a single day of the Resurrection.
Nicole in other languages
| Language | The name | Short forms |
|---|---|---|
| English | Nicole, Nicolette, Nicoletta, Nikoleta, Nicola, Nichole, Colette | Nikki, Nicki, Niki |
| Greek | Νικολέτα, Νικολέττα, Νικολίνα, Nikoleta, Nikoletta, Nikolina | |
| Bulgarian | Николина, Николета, Nikolina | |
| Serbian | Николина, Nikolina | |
| Romanian | Nicoleta | Nicol |
Icons of St Nicholas the Wonderworker
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A name-day gift for Nicole
Name-Day Gift Set $213$149
A patron saint's folding diptych chosen by first name, a stainless steel crucifix and a prayer rope, in a gift box with a card giving the saint's life and feast day.
St Nicholas the Wonderworker's diptych is chosen and the name is filled in.
Other names with this saint
Questions
When is Nicole’s name day?
Nicole keeps the name day on 6 December on the New Calendar and on 19 December on the Old Calendar, the feast of St Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Who is the patron saint of Nicole?
St Nicholas the Wonderworker. St Nicholas was born in Patara in Lycia, the only son of the pious Theophanes and Nonna, who dedicated him to God.
How is Nicole written in other languages?
Greek: Νικολέτα (Nikoleta), Bulgarian: Николина (Nikolina), Serbian: Николина (Nikolina) and Romanian: Nicoleta. Every form of the name keeps the same saint.
What is a good name-day gift for Nicole?
An icon of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, the saint Nicole bears: the St Nicholas the Wonderworker & Guardian Angel Folding Diptych ($69), or the Name-Day Gift Set ($149) with that diptych, a crucifix and a prayer rope in a gift box.
More about name days
- Name Days Explained: What They Are, How Families Keep Them, and Gifts
A name day is the feast of the saint whose name you carry. Here is how to find yours on either calendar, how Greek and Russian families keep it, and what to give.
- Orthodox Patron Saint: How to Find Yours (by Name, Day or Choice)
Your Orthodox patron saint is the saint whose name you were given at baptism. Here is how to find yours by name, by the day of your birth or baptism, or by choice, and how to keep the name day.
- Find another name
Sources
- OCA - Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia
- OCA - Translation of the relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari
- Foma - О чем молятся Николаю Чудотворцу?
- Foma - В чем помогает Николай Чудотворец
- Azbyka - Святитель Николай Чудотворец (житие)
- eortologio.net, Greek name-day calendar (Εορτολόγιο)
- azbyka.ru, Месяцеслов (the Russian Church's calendar of saints by name)