Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Nicos isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nicos through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 36 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 181 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nicos’s family of names
In English usage, Nicos has a related form in Nikos.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Nicos
- Nicos AnastasiadesCypriot politician, 7th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2013–2023)born 1946
- Nicos PoulantzasGreek-French philosopher1936–1979
- Nicos PanayiotouCypriot footballerborn 1970
- Nicos TornaritisCypriot politicianborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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