# Nicholls

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #24,843

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
3. A city in Coffee County, Georgia, United States.
4. An electoral division in Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
From a medieval vernacular form of the given name Nicholas + the patronymic suffix -s.

## Easily confused with
- **Nicolas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicholls-vs-nicolas)
- **Nichols** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicholls-vs-nichols)
- **Nicholas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nicholas-vs-nicholls)

## Common misspellings (10)
`incholls`, `nciholls`, `niccholls`, `nichholls`, `nichlols`, `nichollss`, `nicholsl`, `nicohlls`, `nihcolls`, `nnicholls`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nicholls