Nik is a unisex given name and a short form of most names starting with ''Nik'', derived from Ancient Greek νικη (nike) meaning "victory".
It may refer to:
People:
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Nik Bärtsch (born 1971), Swiss pianist, composer and producer
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Nik Bonitto
Nikolas Bonitto (born September 26, 1999) is an American football outside linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma.
Early life and high school career
Bonitto grew up in For ...
(born 1999), American football player
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Nik Caner-Medley
Nik Caner-Medley (born October 20, 1983) is an Azerbaijani-American former professional basketball player. Caner-Medley played four seasons of college basketball at the University of Maryland.
High school career
Nik graduated from Deering Hi ...
(born 1983), American basketball player
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Nik Cohn (born 1946), British rock journalist
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Nik Kershaw (born 1958), English singer-songwriter, composer, musician and record producer
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Nik Lewis (born June 3, 1982), American gridiron football player and coach
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Nik Needham (born 1996), American football player
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Nik Omladič
Nik Omladič (born 21 August 1989) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Hallescher FC.
Club career
Omladič started his career at his hometown club Šmartno ob Paki. As a youngster, he moved to nearby ...
(born 1989), Slovenian footballer
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Nik Richie
Nik Lamas-Richie (born Hooman Abedi Karamian, February 12, 1979), is an American blogger, author, and Internet personality. Richie is best known as the founder of controversial gossip website TheDirty.com.
Early life
Richie was born in Hackensack ...
(born Hooman Karamian in 1979), American blogger, author and Internet personality
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Nik Stauskas (born 1993), Canadian National Basketball Association player
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Nik Turner
Nicholas Robert Turner (26 August 1940 – 10 November 2022) was an English musician, best known as a member of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. Turner played saxophone and flute, as well as being a vocalist and composer. While with Hawkwind, T ...
(born 1940), English musician
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Nik Wallenda (born 1979), American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist and author
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Nik Welter (1871 – 1951), Luxembourgish writer and politician
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Nik Xhelilaj (born 1983), Albanian film and stage actor
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Nik Zagranitchni (born 1969), Israeli Olympic wrestler
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Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931-2015), Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric
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Nik Ahmad Fadly Nik Leh
Nik Ahmad Fadly bin Nik Leh (born 28 May 1977) is a Malaysian former professional football (soccer), footballer who currently serves as Kelantan FA U19 assistant coach.
Career
Coaching
In 2013, Nik Fadly has been appointed as an assistant ...
(born 1977), Malaysian former footballer
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Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (born 1982), Malaysian politician
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Nik Shahrul Azim Abdul Halim (born 1990), Malaysian footballer
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Cristian Dzwonik
Cristian Dzwonik (born 18 March 1971 in Buenos Aires), better known as Nik, is a cartoonist from Argentina, creator of Gaturro, and current cartoonist in the paper La Nación. He received the 2002 Konex Platinum Award for Best cartoonist, and f ...
(born 1971), Argentinean cartoonist better known as Nik, creator of ''Gaturro''
* one half of the Danish R&B/hip-hop/pop duo
Nik & Jay, real name Niclas Genckel Petersen
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Nik P., Austrian schlager singer Nikolaus Presnik (born 1962)
Other:
* One of the three 2002
FIFA World Cup mascots
* ''Nomor Induk Kependudukan'', the national single identity number of
Indonesian identity card
See also
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Nick (given name)
Nick is a masculine given name. It is also often encountered as a short form (hypocorism) of the given names Nicholas, Nicola, Nicolas, Nikola, Nicolai or Nicodemus. It may refer to:
Given name
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*Nick Abbot (born 1960), British broadcas ...
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Unisex given names
Hypocorisms