Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Nicu is a diminutive of Nicolae. Nicolae comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Romanian usage, Nicu as a surname is a diminutive of Nicolae.
Nicu’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Nicu is a diminutive of Nicolae. In Romanian usage, Nicu has a conventional equivalent in the English form Nick. In Romanian usage, Nicu has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Nick.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nicu
- Nicu VladRomanian weightlifterborn 1963
- Nicu PopescuMoldovan politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairsborn 1981
- Nicu GingăOlympic wrestlerborn 1953
- Nicu Stoianvolleyball playerborn 1957
- Nicu CovaciRomanian rock musician, leader of Phoenix (1947–2024)
- Nicu ConstantinRomanian actor (1938–2009)
- Nicu AlifantisRomanian musician, singer and composerborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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