Given name & surname
Nik
“of the victorious people”
Nik is a variant of Nick. In English use, Nick carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nik is a variant of Nick. In English use, Nick carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 217
- 217 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,381 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,381 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,785 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 69,646 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nik
- Nik StauskasCanadian basketball player (born 1993)
- Nik WallendaAmerican acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, and high wire artistborn 1979
- Nik Caner-MedleyAmerican basketball playerborn 1983
- Nik XhelilajTurkish-Albanian actorborn 1983
- Nick PerumovRussian writerborn 1963
- Nik DodaniAmerican actor and comedianborn 1994
- Nik HenigmanSlovenian handball playerborn 1995
- Nik TurnerEnglish musician (1940–2022)
- Nik SchröterGerman cyclistborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
Similar names
If you love Nik, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Neric
>99% boys
Tawfiq
“one who is successful”
>99% boys
Navin
“a pleasant, lovely woman” · “one who is strong-willed”
>99% boys
Nyshaun
>99% boys
Zerik
>99% boys
Riddik
>99% boys
Airik
“one who is pleasant and agreeable”
>99% boys
Naser
“one who offers his support”
>99% boys