Given name & surname
Nixon
“of the victorious people”
Nixon is a form of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Nixon carries the interpretation “of the victorious people.” Nixon is a form of Nicholas. One Greek interpretation is “of the victorious people.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Nixon is used as a form of Nicholas.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Nixon is a form of Nicholas. The history of Nicholas gives this family its wider story. Nicholas’s Christian associations include Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop of Myra in Lycia, about whom virtually nothing factual is known.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Nixon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,728
- 7,389 boys · 339 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 638 babies
- 2025
- 214
- #1,061 for boys · #11,645 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 206 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,061 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 43.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 607 in 2017. It also appeared in 8 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (55). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,618 as a first name in 2020; 35,853 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.
Nixon’s family of names
In English usage, Nixon as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Nick. Nixon is a form of Nicholas. Nixon has a related form in Nix.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Nixvariant
- Nixxonlikely variant
- Nicksonvariant · English
- Nixsonvariant · English
- Nixynvariant
- Nixinvariant
- Nixenvariant
- Nixsvariant
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Spellings & scripts 3
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.
People named Nixon
- Nixon PereaColombian association football playerborn 1973
- Nixon KiprotichKenyan athletics competitor (born 1962)
- Nixon CarcelénEcuadorian footballerborn 1969
- NixonBrazilian footballerborn 1992
- Nixon WatermanAmerican writer (1859–1944)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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