Nijolė

Nijolė is a Lithuanian feminine given name. It is one of the numerous pseudomythological names invented ^[2] in the 19th century by Lithuanian writer Teodor Narbutt for Lithuanian pagan mythology (in his book the name was given in Polish language style "Nijola").^[3] See List of Lithuanian gods and mythological figures for more.

Nijolė

Gender	Female
Name day	28 January[1]
Origin
Region of origin	invented

Notable people with the name Nijolė include:

• Nijolė Ambrazaitytė (1939–2016), Lithuanian opera singer and politician
• Nijolė Būraitė (born 1956), Lithuanian painter and painting restorer
• Nijolė Medvedeva (born 1960), Lithuanian long jumper
• Nijolė Oželytė-Vaitiekūnienė (born 1954), Lithuanian actress
• Nijolė Sabaitė (born 1950), Lithuanian middle distance runner
• Nijolė Sadūnaitė (born 1938), Lithuanian Catholic nun and Soviet dissident

See also

• All pages with titles containing Nijole