Nikolaos
Nikolaos ( Greek Νικόλαος ) is a Greek given name . Usually the short forms Nikos ( Greek Νίκος ) and Nikolas ( Greek Νικόλας ) are used in everyday life (vocative: Niko / Nikola).
Origin and meaning
The name means “victor of the people” or “victor over the people” ( ancient Greek νίκη níkē , modern Greek pronunciation níki, “victory”; λαός laós “people”), the name is also found in Latin as Nikolaus .
Pet forms or regional variations of the name are Niklas (also Niclas , Nicklas ), Nick , Nikolaj , Nikola , Nicolae , Niccolò and Nils .
Well-known namesake
- Nikolaos of Myra (* between 270 and 286, † 326, 345, 351 or 365), Bishop of Myra
- Nikolaos of Damascus (* around 64 BC, † unknown), Greek historian and philosopher
- Nikolaos of Greece (* 1969), son of King Constantine II of Greece
- Nikolaos Balanos (1860–1942), architect and building researcher
- Nikolaos Boudouris (* 1971), Greek basketball player
- Nikolaos Chatzivrettas (* 1977), Greek basketball player
- Nikolaos Doxaras (* approx. 1706 / 1710–1775), Greek painter
- Nikolaos Georgandas (1880-1958), Greek athlete
- Nikolaos Gysis (1842–1901), Greek genre and monumental painter
- Nikolaos Kabasilas (* around 1319/23, † after 1391), Byzantine theologian, saint of the Greek Orthodox Church
- Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (* 1968), Greek windsurfer
- Nikolaos Kanabos († 1204), Byzantine emperor
- Nikolaos Kavvadias (1910–1975), Greek writer
- Nikolaos Laskaris († around 1211/12), Byzantine co-emperor
- Nikolaos Liberopoulos (* 1975), Greek football player
- Nikolaos Lytras (1883–1927), Greek painter
- Nikolaos Makarezos (1919–2009), Greek military man and putschist
- Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795–1872), Greek composer and music teacher
- Nicholas Theodore Miniati (1860–1909) British-Greek chess master
- Nikolaos Nioplias (* 1965), former Greek football player and coach
- Nikolaos von Otranto (also: Abbot Nektarios von Casole; * approx. 1155/60, † 1235), Greek monastery head and writer
- Nikolaos Platon (1909–1992), Greek archaeologist
- Nikolaos Psarros (* 1959), Greek philosopher and chemist
- Nikolaos "Nik" Sakellariou (* 1962) German politician of Greek descent
- Nikolaos Sarganis (* 1954), Greek football player
- Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos (1826–1909), Greek painter
- Nikolaos Zisis (* 1983), Greek basketball player