Given name & surname
Nika
“displaying her true image”
Nika is a form of Veronica. One Latin interpretation is “displaying her true image.”
Original RussianНика
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Russian use, Nika carries the interpretation “displaying her true image.” Nika is a form of Veronica. One Latin interpretation is “displaying her true image.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
Nika is used as a form of Veronica.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,502
- 5 boys · 2,497 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 77 babies
- 2025
- 50
- #3,200 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 50 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,200 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 77 in 2017. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,839 as a first name in 2020; 352 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nika’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Nika developed from the Ancient Greek form Νίκη. Nika is a form of Veronica. Nika has a related form in Nica.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nika has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Russianwhere Nika comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nika
- Nika MeliaGeorgian politician (born 1979)
- Nika GilauriGeorgian politicianborn 1975
- Nika FuttermanAmerican actress (born 1969)
- Nika VodanSlovenian ski jumperborn 2000
- Nika PrevcSlovenian ski jumperborn 2005
- Nika TurkovićCroatian singerborn 1995
- Nika KvekveskiriGeorgian association football playerborn 1992
- Nika TurbinaRussian poet (1974–2002)
- Nika DaalderopDutch volleyball playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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