Given name · also Latin
Nicephorus
“bringer of victory”
Nicephorus is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nicephorus goes back to Ancient Greek Νικηφόρος, meaning “bringer of victory.”
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Where it comes from
Nicephorus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
From Latin Nicephorus, from Ancient Greek νῑκηφόρος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Nicephorus’s family of names
In English usage, Nicephorus has a conventional equivalent in the Romanian form NICHIFOR. In English usage, Nicephorus has a conventional equivalent in the French form Nicéphore. In English usage, Nicephorus has a related form in Nikephoros.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nicephorus has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
9 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Niceforoequivalent
- Нічыпарequivalent
- Ничипірequivalent
- Ники́форUkrainian
- Ничи́пірUkrainian
- НикифорRussian, Bulgarian
- NichiforRomanian
- ΝικηφόροςGreek
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People named Nicephorus
- Nicephorus GregorasByzantine astronomer and scholar1295–1360
- Nicephorus II of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople1200–1261
- Nicephorus I of Jerusalempatriarch of the Church of Jerusalem from 1020 to 1048950
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