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Nikola
Nikola Nikola — "victory of the people" — carries a democratic, communal energy quite different from names of individual glory. Characters with this name often have strong social instincts and natural empathy, women or men who are genuinely oriented toward their communities and find their fulfillment in collective rather than individual achievement.
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