Given name · Greek
Νίκος
“of the victorious people”
Νίκος (Níkos) is a masculine given name. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Nick.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Νίκος is Nikos written in the Greek alphabet. Nikos is a variant of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Νίκος is a diminutive of Νικόλαος. Νικόλαος comes from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
In Greek usage, Νίκος is a diminutive of Νικόλαος.
Νίκος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Νίκος has a diminutive in Νικολάκης. In Greek usage, Νίκος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nick. In Greek usage, Νίκος has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Nick.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Νίκος has relatives in 6 languages.
9 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Nicholasequivalent
- Nicolasequivalent
- NicoFrench
- Nikolasequivalent
- Nickequivalent · English
- Nikolaosequivalent
- NicolaItalian
- NikolausGerman
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- Nilsequivalent
- Nielsequivalent
- Nikolayequivalent
- Nicolaasequivalent
- Mykolaequivalent
- Nikolajequivalent
- Nicolinoequivalent
- Nicolauequivalent
- Nicolaeequivalent
- NichoEnglish
- Nikólaosequivalent
- Nicolaesequivalent
- Miklavžequivalent
- Niccolòequivalent
- Miklósequivalent
- Nickelequivalent
- Николайequivalent
- Nicolòequivalent
- Nikolajsequivalent
- Νικόλαςequivalent
- Миколаequivalent
- Mikolaequivalent
- Mikołajequivalent
- Nicolásequivalent
- Mikulášequivalent
- Nikolazequivalent
- NiĉjoEsperanto
People named Νίκος
- Nikos KazantzakisGreek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
- Nicos AnastasiadesCypriot politician, 7th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2013–2023)born 1946
- Nikos ChristodoulidesCypriot politician, 8th and current President of Cyprus (2023–)born 1973
- Nikos LiberopoulosGreek footballerborn 1975
- Nikos GalisGreek basketball player (born 1957)
- Nikolaos MichaloliakosGreek politician and leader of Golden Dawnborn 1957
- Nikos MachlasGreek footballerborn 1973
- Nikos ZachariadisGreek politician (1903-1973)
- Nikos ZisisGreek basketball player (born 1983)
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