Nicolaia is a woman's name. It is of Greek origin and means the one that leads to victory (It is considered a Slavic variant). It has as variants Nicoll , Collette , Nicolasa . Male variants Nicolas and Nicolai . Name of a young American writer, named Nicolaia Anna Rips. In Astronomy it is the name of an asteroid. It means dedicated to Nicolai, the name of the discoverer's father (the German Holger Thiele), who was called Torvald Nicolai Thiele.