Quote Originally Posted by Calandra View Post

2. Term of endearment / diminutive name for a girlfriend or sweetheart. English name of the woman is Nicola.
It's a little bit tricky since we don't have a feminine name form of Nicholas in Russian.Therefore Kolya and it's derivatives (Колюся, Колюша, Коленька, etc) can't be applied here IMO. So, I can suggest sticking to Nika (Ника) or its derviatives: Nikusha, Nikusya, Nikulya (Никуша, Никуся, Никуля). The derivatives sound somewhat cheesy and suitable for the speech of a wishy-washy type of male personality.