Nicholson

English

Alternative forms

• Nichelson

Etymology

From Nicholas +‎ -son. Doublet of Nielsen.

Proper noun

Nicholson

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A number of places and rivers in Australia:
   1. A coastal locality in the Shire of Burke, north-west Queensland.
   2. A river in the Northern Territory and Queensland which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria.
   3. A town in East Gippsland, Victoria.
   4. A river in Victoria which flows through the town.
   5. A river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia which joins the Ord River.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Jackson County, Georgia.
   2. A census-designated place in Pearl River County, Mississippi.
   3. A borough and township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
   4. A township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
   5. An unincorporated community in the town of Bear Creek, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Mount Nicholson
• West Nicholson

 

Translations

surname meaning "son of Nicholas"

• Armenian: Նիկողոսյան (Nikoġosyan), Նիգողոսյան (Nigoġosyan)
• Bulgarian: Николов (bg) m (Nikolov)
• Danish: Nilsen, Nielsen (da)
• Greek: Νικολαΐδης (el) (Nikolaḯdis), Νικολάου (el) (Nikoláou)
• Norwegian: Nilsen
• Polish: Mikołajewicz
• Romanian: Nicolescu
• Russian: Никола́ев (ru) m (Nikolájev)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Николајевић, Hиколић, Hикић

  Roman: Nikolajević, Nikolić, Nikić

• Swedish: Nilsson (sv)