Nikola () is a

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which, like

Nicholas Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...

, is a version of the Greek ''

Nikolaos Nikolaos ( el, Νικόλαος, ') is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη '' nikē'' 'victory' and λαός laos' 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English ...

'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (

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Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

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Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

), while in West Slavic countries (

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) it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu. The spelling with K, Nikola, reflects romanization of the Cyrillic spelling, while Nicola reflects Italian usage.

Statistics

*Serbia: male name. 5th most popular in 2011, 1st in 2001, 1st in 1991, 5th in 1981, 9th pre-1940. *Croatia: male name. 32,304 (2011). *Bosnia and Herzegovina: male name. *Bulgaria: male name. * North Macedonia: male name. *Czech Republic: 22,567 females and 740 males (2002). *Poland: female name. *Slovakia: female name.

People with the name

Arts

* Nikola Avramov, Bulgarian painter *

Nikola Hajdin Nikola Hajdin (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Хајдин; 4 April 1923 – 17 July 2019) was a Serbian construction engineer, professor and the president of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, as a member of the Department of Technical S ...

, President of

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Serbica, sr-Cyr, Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU) is a national academy and the ...

Nikola Kastner Nikola Kastner (born 1983 in Hamburg, West Germany) is an actress who has appeared in numerous German films and television productions. She is best known internationally for her roles in ''Homeland'' and ''Deutschland 83.'' She took private acting ...

(born 1983), German actress *

Nikola Kojo Nikola Kojo (; born 5 September 1967) is a Serbian actor and film director. Biography Nikola was named after his great-grandfather, who was an protoiereus in Mostar. He made his acting debut before he turned 13, with the role of the boy Ivan in ...

, Serbian actor *

Nikola Martinovski Nikola Martinoski (18 August 1903 – 7 February 1973), sometimes spelled Martinovski ( mk, Никола Мартиноски), was a Yugoslav Aromanian painter. He is considered as a founder of contemporary Macedonian art. Martinoski is best ...

, Macedonian painter * Nikola Nešković, Serbian painter *

Nikola Vaptsarov Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov ( bg, Никола Йонков Вапцаров; 7 December 1909 – 23 July 1942) was a Bulgarian poet, communist and revolutionary. Working most of his life as a machinist, he only wrote in his spare time. Despite the ...

, Bulgarian poet

Music

Nikola Mijailović (singer) Nikola Mijailović may refer to: * Nikola Mijailović (footballer) (born 1982), Serbian footballer * Nikola Mijailović (singer) (born 1973), Serbian baritone * Nikola Mijailović (volleyball) (born 1989), Serbian volleyball player {{hndis, ...

, Serbian opera singer *

Nikola Resanovic Nikola Resanovic (born 1955) is an American composer and professor of music at the University of Akron School of Music. He is the winner of the 2003 Cleveland Arts Prize in Music and is one of Ohio's best known living composers. In 1955, he was ...

, Serbian-American composer *

Nikola Sarcevic Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Monteneg ...

, Swedish thrash rock musician * Nikola Kołodziejczyk, Polish jazz pianist, composer and arranger

Politics

Vlgdrag Vukdrag ( sr-cyr, Вукдраг; d. 1327) was a Serbian nobleman who served King Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31) as ''čelnik''. He was a magnate in the Rudnik mountain area, who founded (as the ''ktetor'') the Raška style church in Dići (nea ...

or monk Nikola (d. 1327), Serbian nobleman *

Nikola Altomanović Nikola Altomanović ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Алтомановић; died after 1395) was a 14th-century Serbian župan of the House of Vojinović. He ruled the areas from Rudnik, over Polimlje, Podrinje, east Herzegovina with Trebinje, reaching ...

(fl. 1371–73), Serbian prince * Nikola Skobaljić (fl. 1454), Serbian general *

Nikola Frankopan Nicola Frangipani in croatian language Nikola IV Frankopan ( hu, Frangepán Miklós; c.1360 – 26 June 1432) was a Croatian nobleman and the Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia from 1426 to 1432. He began as a lord of most of northern Croatia as count ...

, Croatian ban *

Nikola IV Zrinski Nikola IV Zrinski or Miklós IV Zrínyi ( hu, Zrínyi Miklós, ; 1507/1508 – 7 September 1566), also commonly known as Nikola Šubić Zrinski (), was a Croatian nobleman and general, Ban of Croatia from 1542 until 1556, royal master of the tr ...

, Croatian-Hungarian ban and hero of

Siege of Szigetvár The siege of Szigetvár or the Battle of Szigeth (pronunciation: �siɡɛtvaːr hu, Szigetvár ostroma, hr, Bitka kod Sigeta; Sigetska bitka, tr, Zigetvar Kuşatması) was a siege of the fortress of Szigetvár, Kingdom of Hungary, that block ...

Nicholas I of Montenegro Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyr, Никола I Петровић-Његош; – 1 March 1921) was the last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918, reigning as prince from 1860 to 1910 and as the country's first and only king from 1910 to 19 ...

, King of Montenegro *

Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (1928–1954) Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (29 June 1928 – 12 April 1954), also known in Britain as Prince Nicholas and in Serbia as Nikola Karađorđević ( sr-cyr, Никола Карађорђевић), was the younger son of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia by h ...

, Serbian prince *

Nikola, Crown Prince of Montenegro Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Петровић-Његош; born 7 July 1944) is a French-born architect and the Head of the House of Petrović-Njegoš, which reigned over Montenegro from 1696 to 1766 and again fro ...

(born 1944), Montenegrin prince *

Nikola Gruevski Nikola Gruevski ( mk, Никола Груевски, pronounced ; hu, Nikola Gruevszki; born 31 August 1970) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until his resignation, which was caused by the 2016 Mac ...

, Macedonian Prime minister *

Nikola Jorgic Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montene ...

, Bosnian Serb soldier *

Nikola Karev Nikola Janakiev Karev (Bulgarian: Никола Янакиев Карев and Macedonian: Никола Јанакиев Карев; November 23, 1877 – April 27, 1905) was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionaryPer Julian Allan Brooks' thesis ...

, Macedonian revolutionary *

Nikola Kavaja Nikola Kavaja ( sr-cyr, Никола Каваја; 3 October 1932 – 10 November 2008) was a Serbian anti-communists disident. Known as the "Tito Hunter", due to his repeated assassination attempts on Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito. Kavaja se ...

, Serbian anti-communists *

Nikola Kljusev Nikola Kljusev ( mk, Никола Кљусев; 2 October 1927 – 16 January 2008) was a Macedonian academician and politician. Kljusev served as the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from January 27, 19 ...

, Macedonian politician * Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian politician *

Nikola Mandić Nikola Mandić (; 20 January 1869 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and one of the leading political figures in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austrian-Hungarian rule. He also served as a Prime Minister of the Independent State of Croati ...

, Croatian politician *

Nikola Milošević (politician) Nikola Milošević, PhD (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Милошевић; 17 April 1929 – 24 January 2007) was a Serbian writer, political philosopher, literary critic, and politician. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty o ...

, Serbian intellectual *

Nikola Mushanov Nikola Stoykov Mushanov ( bg, Никола Стойков Мушанов) (12 April 1872 in Dryanovo – 10 May 1951) was a Bulgarian liberal politician who served as Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Party. He later became noted f ...

, Bulgarian politician *

Nikola Pašić Nikola Pašić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Пашић, ; 18 December 1845 – 10 December 1926) was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat who was a leading political figure for almost 40 years. He was the leader of the People's Radical P ...

, Serbian politician and diplomat *

Nikola Petkov Nikola Dimitrov Petkov ( bg, Никола Димитров Петков; July 8, 1893 – September 23, 1947) was a Bulgarian politician, one of the leaders of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (usually abbreviated as BZNS). He entered polit ...

, Bulgarian politician * Nikola Šećeroski, Serbian politician *

Nikola Špirić Nikola Špirić (, ; born 4 September 1956) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was the 7th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 11 January 2007 until 12 January 2012. He was also the Minister of Finance and Treasury ...

, Bosnian Serb politician *

Nikola Uzunović Nikola Uzunović ( sr-cyr, Никола Узуновић; 3 May 1873 – 19 July 1954) was a Serbian politician who served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia on two occasions. Early life Born in the city of Niš, as Nicola Uzun to a family of Aro ...

, Serbian politician *

Nikola Vitov Gučetić Nicolò Vito di Gozzi ( la, Nicolai Viti Gozzii, 1549–1610), Niko Vita Gozze, or Nikola Gučetić was a Ragusan statesman, philosopher, science writer and author of one of the first scientific dissertations regarding speleology. Life Gučet ...

, Ragusian statesman *

Nikola Zhekov Nikola Todorov Zhekov ( bg, Никола Тодоров Жеков; german: Nikola Todorow Schekow; 6 January 1865 – 1 November 1949) was the Minister of War of Bulgaria in 1915 and served as commander-in-chief from 1915 to 1918 during World Wa ...

, Bulgarian military

Science

* Nikola Moravčević, Serbian academic *

Nikola Obreshkov Nikola Dimitrov Obreshkov ( bg, Никола Димитров Обрешков) (March 6, 1896 in VarnaAugust 11, 1963 in Sofia) was a prominent Bulgarian mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematic ...

, Bulgarian mathematician *

Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla ( ; ,"Tesla"
''

Nikola Moushmov Nikola Moushmov (14 May 1869 – 31 January 1942) ( bg, Никола Мушмов) was a noted Bulgarian historian and numismatist. He wrote well regarded numismatics documents, including the report of the Reka Devnia hoard, and ''Ancient Coi ...

, Bulgarian historian

Sports

Nikola Brejchová Nikola Brejchová, née Tomečková () (born 25 June 1974 in Zlín) is a javelin thrower from the Czech Republic. Her personal best throw is 65.91 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Linz. Achievements References External links *sports-refere ...

, Czech athlete *

Nikola Dragović Nikola Dragović (born December 20, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player. He played college basketball at UCLA. Early career Dragović grew up with KK Avala Ada (nowadays Mega Basket) juniors and made his debut with the senior team ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Nikola Grbić Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. The Olympic Champion Sydney 2000, a bro ...

, Serbian volleyball player *

Nikola Jakšić Nikola Jakšić ( sr-cyr, Никола Јакшић; born 17 January 1997) is a Serbian water polo player for VK Novi Beograd. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Serbia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is tal ...

, Serbian water polo player, Olympic champion *

Nikola Jerkan Nikola Jerkan (born 8 December 1964) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a defender. Jerkan was born in Split and started playing football professionally for NK Zagreb. Playing career Club He started his career in youth ranks of Ju ...

, Croatian footballer * Nikola Jokić, Serbian basketball player * Nikola Jovanović, Montenegrin footballer *

Nikola Jovović Nikola Jovović ( sr-cyrl, Никола Јововић; born 13 February 1992) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. He is part of the Serbian national team. The 2019 European Champion and the 2016 World League winner. At the professio ...

, Serbian volleyball player *

Nikola Jurčević Nikola Jurčević (born 14 September 1966) is a Croatian football current manager and former player who most recently managed the Azerbaijan national team. Playing career International He made his debut for Croatia in a December 1990 friendly ...

, Croatian footballer *

Nikola Kalinić Nikola Kalinić (; born 5 January 1988) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Croatian club Hajduk Split. Kalinić began his career with Hajduk Split in his native Croatia before moving to English club Blackburn Rove ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Nikola Karabatić Nikola Karabatić (born 11 April 1984) is a French handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team. With the French national handball team, he has won three Olympic gold medals (Summer Olympics of 2008, 2012 and 2020), four ...

, French team handball player * Nikola Katić, Croatian football player *

Nikola Kotkov Nikola Todorov Kotkov ( bg, Никола Тодоров Котков) (9 December 1938 – 30 June 1971), nicknamed Koteto (Котето, "The Kitten") was a Bulgarian football (soccer), footballer who played as a Striker (association football), ...

, Bulgarian footballer *

Nikola Kovachev Nikola Dimitrov Kovachev ( bg, Никола Димитров Ковачев; Blagoevgrad, 4 June 1934 – Sofia, 26 November 2009) was a Bulgarian football player and manager. Kovachev played for Bulgaria at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. He ...

, Bulgarian footballer * Nikola Kovačević, Serbian volleyball player *

Niko Kranjčar Niko Kranjčar (; born 13 August 1984) is a Croatian former professional footballer. He primarily played as an attacking midfielder, but could also operate as a winger or second striker. As of 5 May 2021, he works as an assistant to Josip Šimu ...

, Croatian footballer *

Nikola Kuljača Nikola Kuljača (born 16 August 1974 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played for the team of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro on the bronze medal squad at the 2000 Summ ...

, Serbian waterpolo goalkeeper * Nikola Lazetić, Serbian footballer *

Nikola Lončar Nikola Lončar (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Лончар; born May 31, 1972) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He also holds Spanish citizenship. Professional career Lončar started his career at Partizan, making his professi ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Nikola Maraš Nikola Maraš (, ; born 19 December 1995) is a Serbian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Spanish club Deportivo Alavés, on loan from UD Almería, Almería. Club career Ra ...

, Serbian footballer * Nikola Mijailović, Serbian footballer *

Nikola Milojević Nikola Milojević ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Милојевић, ; born 16 April 1981) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Milojević made a name for himself at Hajduk Kula, before moving to Vitória Setúbal in ...

, Serbian football goalkeeper * Nikola Milošević, Serbian football midfielder * Nikola Mirotić, Spanish basketball player of Montenegrin descent * Nikola Nikezić, Montenegrin footballer *

Nikola Nikić Nikola Nikić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Никић, ; born 7 January 1956) is a Bosnian former footballer and current manager of NK Bratstvo Gračanica in the First League of FBiH. Playing career Nikić, born to father Ilija and mother Radojka (n� ...

, Bosnian Serb footballer *

Nikola Nimac Nikola Nimac (born 8 December 1981) is a Croatian skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He finished 26th in the men's skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important busines ...

, Croatian racer *

Nikola Peković Nikola Peković (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Пековић; born 3 January 1986) is a Montenegrin businessman, basketball executive and former professional player who is the current president of the Basketball Federation of Montenegro. He beg ...

, Montenegrin basketball player *

Nikola Petroff Nikola Petrov ( bg, Никола Петров), better known as Nikola Petroff, (19 December 1873 – 2 January 1925) was a Bulgarian wrestler. He was born in the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria. On 20 July 1898, in New York City, he earned t ...

, Bulgarian wrestler *

Nikola Pilić Nikola "Niki" Pilić (born 27 August 1939) is a Croatian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He was one of the Handsome Eight. Pilić was ranked world No. 6 in January 1968 and world No. 7 for 1967 by Lance Tinga ...

, Yugoslav Croat professional tennis player * Nikola Rosić, Serbian volleyball player *

Nikola Stojić 1998–2003 2003–2006 2007–present Nikola Stojić ( sr-cyr, Никола Стојић, born 15 December 1974 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a rower from Serbia, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics ...

, Serbian rower *

Nikola Sudová Nikola Sudová (born 17 March 1982 in Jablonec nad Nisou) is a Czech freestyle skier known for moguls. She has two World Cup victories and competed for the Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She competed in ladies moguls for the Czech Re ...

, Czech freestyle skier *

Nikola Vignjević Nikola Vignjević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Вигњевић; born March 12, 1971) is a former Serbian football player, who currently works as Technical coach by Alberta Golden Bears and the Greater St.Albert Sports Academy. While playing fo ...

, Serbian footballer *

Nikola Vlašić Nikola Vlašić (; born 4 October 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Torino, on loan from Premier League club West Ham United, and the Croatia national team. Born in the Vlašić fa ...

, Croatian footballer *

Nikola Vučević Nikola Vučević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Вучевић, ; born 24 October 1990) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC ...

, Montenegrin basketball player *

Nikola Vujčić Nikola Vujčić (born 14 June 1978) is a Croatian former professional basketball player, and the current team manager of the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. During his playing career, at a height of 2.11 m (6' 11") tall, he played at both the cen ...

(born 1978), Croatian basketball player and

team manager A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to infor ...

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

Nikola Žigić Nikola Žigić ( sr-cyr, Никола Жигић, ; born 25 September 1980) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a centre forward. Žigić was born in Bačka Topola, in what was then SFR Yugoslavia. He began playing football as a youngs ...

, Serbian footballer

Other

Nikola Modruški Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavs, South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedon ...

, Croatian catholic priest *

Nikola Radosavljević The Jabukovac killings occurred July 27, 2007, when Nikola Radosavljević killed 9 people and wounded 5 in the Serbian village of Jabukovac. Shooting On July 27, 2007, Radosavljević had lunch with his wife in Jabukovac. She came from Vienna th ...

, Serbian mass murderer * Nicholas Nikola Ribic, Serbian-Canadian convicted for hostaging *

Nikola Motor Company Nikola Corporation is an American manufacturer of heavy-duty commercial battery-electric vehicles, fuel-cell electric vehicles, and energy solutions. It presented several vehicle concepts from 2016 to 2020, the first of which was a natural g ...

, an American-based electric semi-truck design company based in Salt Lake City, Utah

Fictional characters

Doctor Nikola Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. He lived mainly in England. He is best known fo ...

, a fictional supervillain in works of Guy Boothby

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