Nicolay Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

There is no single Nicolay family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Family name meaning

Nicolay is best understood together with Nicolas: both are French spellings of one family name. Taken at its root, Nicolay points to “Victory of the people”.

Records show Nicolay as one of the forms Nicolas took over time. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Spanish statistics put 97 people with Nicolay in first position and 108 in second. French civil records give 1,125 births under the name Nicolay from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960.

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