Nic

Shortening.

Nic

1. A diminutive of the female given names Nicola, Nichola, and Nicole.

• -cin, CIN, ICN, INC, Inc, Inc., NCI, inc, inc.

Contracted from iníon mhic (“daughter of the son of”).

• IPA^(key): /nʲɪc/

Nic

1. A prefix used with a woman’s maiden surname

   Fionnghuala fhionn Nic Aoidh

   fair-haired Fionnghuala McKay

This prefix replaces the prefix Mac found in male surnames, and triggers lenition of a following consonant. It is used by unmarried women, and by married women who have kept their maiden name. Thus Fionnghuala Nic Aoidh’s father and brothers would use the surname Mac Aoidh.

• Ó (used in male names)
• (bean) Uí (used with a woman's married name)
• Ní (used in place of the male Ó prefix)

Nic m

1. A diminutive of the male given name Nic'lesse or Nicolas.
2. (religion, Jersey) Satan