Victory of the people
A rare phonetic spelling variant of the Greek name Nicholas. It combines the elements 'nike', meaning victory, and 'laos', meaning people, suggesting a leader who brings triumph to his community.
Less common today
Nickoles isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,716 in 1993.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).