Ancient Italian male personal name Nicola (from the Greek and Byzantine Nikolaos) of Nichos meaning "victory," and of laos meaning "people," therefore the Greek "winner of the people." Directly related to the English male form Nicholas. Nicola was a frequently given male personal name among the traditional Italian nobility, and was used often in the Middle Ages.

The Nicola people are a historic First Nations political and cultural area in the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia. They are mostly located in the Nicola River valley around the area of Merritt and are an alliance of Scw'exmx, the local branch of the Nlaka'pamux (Thompson) people, and the Spaxomin, the local branch of the Syilx or Okanagan people. Also at one time included within the community were the vanished Stuwix, also known as the Nicola Athapaskans, who migrated into the area from the north a few centuries ago but were assimilated by the end of the 19th C.

Nicola (1780/1785 — ~1865) (Spokane Hwistesmetxe'qen, Walking Grizzly Bear), was an important First Nations political figure in the fur trade era of the British Columbia Interior (early 1800s to 1858) as well as into the colonial period (1858-1871). He was grand chief of the Okanagan people and chief of the Nicola Valley Band, and also of the Kamloops Band of the Shuswap people.

(Japanese: ニコラ nikora) is a Japanese magazine published by Shinchosha. It targets a low-teens demographic.

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