Medina vs Nicoline
Medina and Nicolinecompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Girls
In 2025, Medina was ranked #254 and Nicoline #255 among girls in Norway.
Medina and Nicoline over time
Medina and Nicoline appear together in 1 published list, across 26 years of shared records. Nicoline held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Medina in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Nicoline reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Medina in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
List by list
Norway · Girls26 shared years, 1992–2025
Medina held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Nicoline in 24.
Highest recorded here: Medina #254 in 2025, Nicoline #100 in 2009.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Medina #254, Nicoline #255.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Medina | Nicoline |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | |
| Syllables | 3 | 4 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #254 (2025) | Norway · Girls #255 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 76/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Medina has 3 syllables, compared with 4 for Nicoline.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Medina
Popularity journey
First recorded1992
First recorded at #666 among girls in Norway in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1992–2025
Highest recorded position: #254 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1992–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Nicoline
Popularity journey
First recorded1986
First recorded at #527 among girls in Norway in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1986–2025
Highest recorded position: #100 among girls in Norway, in 2009 (recorded 1986–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #255 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls