Nichols Family History
Nichols Surname Meaning
English: variant of Nichol with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages e.g. Croatian and Serbian Nikolić (see Nikolic ); see also below. Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022