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Google confirms it is a first name but will it be judged?

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MissMoodyMoo · 06/04/2018 12:09

The name Nicol has popped into my head! We have actually agreed on boys names (for future reference) but Nicol has really grown on Me🤔

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sycamore54321 · 07/04/2018 08:46

I've never heard of it and as in used to the more known Nicole/Nicola, it looks a bit unfinished to me. For a nickel type pronunciation, I'd probably spell it with a double LL if I were guessing,but presumably the single L is the established spelling.

EggysMom · 06/04/2018 21:21

I worked with a Nicol back in Scotland. Guy was a bit of a div, but I don't think that was as a result of his name

Petalflowers · 06/04/2018 21:21

I agree with Sabine, nice, unusual,but not weird.

TidyDancer · 06/04/2018 21:18

I went to school with a Nicol. Never met another one. It's okay imo but i don't love it.

FrancisCrawford · 06/04/2018 20:02

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daisypond · 06/04/2018 18:07

I know a Nicol (male). He's Scottish. He's the only one I know.

blueskyinmarch · 06/04/2018 16:51

I love it but I am Scottish and don't think it is at all unusual.

SleepFreeZone · 06/04/2018 16:49

I like it!

Thistlebelle · 06/04/2018 16:39

Ivebeen in Scotland Nicole is pronounced Nik-coal, Nicol is hard to describe but more like Nik-l

Ivebeenaroundtheblock · 06/04/2018 16:37

Is it pronounced differently than Nicole?

chezmk1988 · 06/04/2018 16:34

Don't like it. Reminds me of nickel

SabineUndine · 06/04/2018 16:32

It’s nice, unusual without being weird.

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MissMoodyMoo · 06/04/2018 15:24

We have a close friend and his second name is Nicol and we'd have used his first name as a middle name anyway but I'm liking using his last name as a first for a wee nod towards him 😊

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furlinedsheepskinjacket · 06/04/2018 14:57

how about nico?

Defender90 · 06/04/2018 14:51

I found it as a first name when doing my family history.

Late 1800s, SW Scotland.

I really liked it, and would have wanted to use if we were blessed with any boys.

squoosh · 06/04/2018 14:45

Reasonably common Scottish surname. Pronounced nickel like the metal/coin isn't it?

TimesNewRoman · 06/04/2018 14:39

I know a few Nicols. Mostly older men but definitely due a come back.

Thistlebelle · 06/04/2018 14:30

Nicol is a reasonably common surname in Scotland. It’s not an unknown or made up name.

pipilangstrumpf · 06/04/2018 14:29

Nicol, emphasising the first syllable

Thistlebelle · 06/04/2018 14:29

Perhaps I’m wrong Bike Bit all the English Karl I’ve known have had their names pronounced Ka-rel.

That’s not how we say it in Scotland.

How would you pronounce it?

pipilangstrumpf · 06/04/2018 14:29

I like it. Looks like the male version of Nicole.

BikeRunSki · 06/04/2018 14:23

Look for example at how southerners pronounce Karl as Carol.

Eh? (Londoner)

Thistlebelle · 06/04/2018 14:21

I wouldn’t judge it’s a perfectly nice name and fits with the Scottish tradition of using surnamed as first names.

I’m Scottish and would pronounce Nicol and Nicole differently but I think in lots of parts England they’d be pronounced the same.

Look for example at how southerners pronounce Karl as Carol.

If that bothers you it might be best avoided.

HoratioNightboy · 06/04/2018 14:15

OP, it's well-known in Scotland as the Scots form of Nicolas, so no-one will judge it as anything more than a traditional Scottish name. There are one or two born every year so he certainly wouldn't be alone in having the name.

clarrylove · 06/04/2018 13:29

Nichol? Papa?

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