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Nik

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Script: Latin
Compound status: Unknown
In this record: Relationships: 4 · observations: 18

Candidate data 1.0.0-rc.1. Unknown values have not been filled with guesses.

Language information

Dictionary information and other contexts are kept separate. A statistical territory does not establish the language of a name; a classification does not determine a person's gender.

Dictionary contexts

None provided for this spelling in this version.

Other contexts

Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
Not specified	Not specified	Source classification	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Not specified. Basis: Source classification. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "source_classification", "context_id": "ctx:ae0751fd-789a-5ce0-9d09-d0a977aae4d9", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:fedf12f1-b56e-56c3-84e6-f7497f883196", "form_id": "frm:1bf1f0f5-9447-52ef-877e-97ff42a12e03", "gender": "unisex", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Male	Birth statistics	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Male. Basis: Birth statistics. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "official_birth_statistics", "context_id": "ctx:82ddc031-72c9-5b29-9c99-b1a664961606", "country": "DE", "evidence_id": "ev:990962ce-4c19-551f-865a-f5543a90a7ad", "form_id": "frm:1bf1f0f5-9447-52ef-877e-97ff42a12e03", "gender": "male", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Related spellings

Every relationship has a direction and type. Source-reported equivalence does not imply universal interchangeability.

Relationships: 4

From	To	Type	Evidence
Nik	Nike	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:d5934c24-2d55-5775-b55e-a953f13f1fc3", "from_form_id": "frm:1bf1f0f5-9447-52ef-877e-97ff42a12e03", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:70f07d26-9388-5663-b201-77f1e9075a31", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:a4980416-edd1-58af-8958-8223973cf8ae" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Nik	Nick	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:97b472ba-b1d2-56f6-ab00-35be4b810e19", "from_form_id": "frm:1bf1f0f5-9447-52ef-877e-97ff42a12e03", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:f8f491eb-073c-5ce0-86ae-f8860b5599e3", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:f161c1b3-fd2f-5181-9ff6-c1b54ddcd2bd" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Nik	Niki	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:55209487-3efa-52c5-a6f0-5f206aa83ab6", "from_form_id": "frm:1bf1f0f5-9447-52ef-877e-97ff42a12e03", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:d101fa0a-83f5-50a7-aaa7-27fea763b678", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:6434f593-2978-5f52-9c45-31b035a1f729" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Nik	Nici	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:831e9d1b-35e2-5532-987d-a04c14fc0695", "from_form_id": "frm:1bf1f0f5-9447-52ef-877e-97ff42a12e03", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:3bb3b607-c151-5825-9ed4-ed3bff2e8bdc", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:18105324-162e-5144-baf4-694cb502193b" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Usage in statistics

Series differ in coverage and counting units. Values cannot be added together to measure global popularity.

SeriesObservations shown: 18

Territory	Year	Category	Name position	Count
United States	2025	Male	Not available	7
Germany	2023	Male	Not available	3
England and Wales	2025	Male	Not available	4
Cologne	2022	Male	1	2
Cologne	2010	Male	Not available	2
Cologne	2011	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2012	Male	Not available	3
Cologne	2013	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2014	Male	Not available	3
Cologne	2015	Male	Not available	3
Cologne	2016	Male	Not available	2
Cologne	2017	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2018	Male	Not available	4
Cologne	2019	Male	1	2
Cologne	2020	Male	1	1
Cologne	2020	Male	2	1
Cologne	2021	Male	1	2
Cologne	2021	Male	2	1

An unspecified position is not treated as first position. Full counting units, methods and qualifications are preserved in the original data.

Observation technical details

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Usage context: Not specified · Male · Birth statistics; Statistics: Cologne · 2022 · Male · count: 2 · name position: 1

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Provenance of the record «Nik»

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Relationship «Nik → Nike»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Nik → Nick»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Nik → Niki»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Nik → Nici»: Source-reported equivalence

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Statistics: Cologne · 2010 · Male · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2011 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2012 · Male · count: 3 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2013 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2014 · Male · count: 3 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2015 · Male · count: 3 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2016 · Male · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2017 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2018 · Male · count: 4 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2019 · Male · count: 2 · name position: 1

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Statistics: Cologne · 2020 · Male · count: 1 · name position: 1

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Statistics: Cologne · 2020 · Male · count: 1 · name position: 2

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Statistics: Cologne · 2021 · Male · count: 2 · name position: 1

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Statistics: Cologne · 2021 · Male · count: 1 · name position: 2

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