Given name · Russian
Никита
“victor”
Никита (Nikíta) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Nick.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Никита goes back to Ancient Greek Νικήτας, meaning “victor.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Никита developed from Νικήτας.
Никита’s family of names
In Russian usage, Никита developed from the Ancient Greek form Νικήτας. In Russian usage, Никита has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nick. In Russian usage, Никита has a conventional equivalent in the German form Nikita.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Никита has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Никита comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Никита
- Nikita Khrushchevleader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 19641894–1971
- Nikita MikhalkovRussian film director, writer, producer and actor (born 1945)
- Nikita MazepinRussian racing driverborn 1999
- HyacinthRussian sinologist, historian, and missionary (1777–1853)
- Nikita SimonyanSoviet and Russian footballer and coach1926–2025
- Nikita VitiugovRussian chess playerborn 1987
- Nikita KucherovRussian ice hockey playerborn 1993
- Nikita PaninRussian statesman (1718–1783)
- Nikita KatsalapovRussian ice dancerborn 1991
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