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

[MissMoodyMoo]

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🤔

I like it

Me too!

How is it pronounced? Nickel? Nicole? Nee-kol?

I like it!

There was a very famous and very talented actor around in the 1970s called Nicol Williamson.

There was an actor called Nicol Williamson, so there's at least one other you can point to as an example of it being used as a first name.

In my Scottish accent it's pronounced nic-il 😂🤔

I like it and know it as a first name - pronounced “Nick-ol”.

There was one in my class at school (So mid 20s now). She spelled it Nichol though. She was constantly correcting people tough, who called her Nicole

I've taught a Nicol and pronounced it Nicole.
I like it.

Actually it sounds more lick nick-ol in my accident🙈 kind of like Nicole said fast🤔

My daughter has it as a middle name I really love it, we should have used it as her first name.

Might not affect your choice at all, but Disney are meant to be releasing a film called Nicole soon. Different name obviously, but very similar.

Ignore me, looks like it's going to be called Noelle now anyway. I thought I would post, as it might be like using the name Elsa for your child just before Frozen was released.

Love it!

Nichol? Papa?

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.

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.

Look for example at how southerners pronounce Karl as Carol.

Eh? (Londoner)

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

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?

Nicol, emphasising the first syllable

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

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

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

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.