Given name · Russian · Serbo-Croatian
Ника
“victory”
Ника (Níka) is a unisex given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian and Serbo-Croatian.
Russian and Serbo-CroatianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Nika.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ника goes back to Ancient Greek Νίκη, meaning “victory.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ника’s family of names
In Russian usage, Ника has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nika. In Russian usage, Ника has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Nike. In Russian usage, Ника has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form NICE.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Ника has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Ника comes from · 1 name
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
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