Nikos ( el, Νίκος, ''Níkos'') is a Greek

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It originates from Greek ''Nikolaos'', which means "victory of the people".Liddell & Scott, Abridged Greek Lexicon Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of the original Nikolaos (Greek) or

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 ...

(English).

People

Nikos Alefantos Nikos Alefantos ( el, Νίκος Αλέφαντος, 3 January 1939 – 23 June 2020) was a Greek professional footballer and football coach. Career Alefantos managed several clubs in the Greek Super League, including Olympiacos during 2004. He ...

, Greek football coach * Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV host * Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek footballer *

Nikos Arabatzis Nikos Arabatzis ( Greek: Νίκος Αραμπατζής; born 10 March 1984) is a Greek footballer currently playing for AEL 1964 in Gamma Ethniki. He usually plays as a right defender but past coaches have also used him as a right midfielde ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Argiropoulos Nikos Argyropoulos (alternate spelling: Argiropoulos) ( el, Νίκος Αργυρόπουλος; born March 25, 1978 in Patras, Greece) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, he played at th ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Babaniotis Nikos Babaniotis (Greek: Νίκος Μπαμπανιώτης; born 28 June 1989) is a Greek footballer who plays for Acharnaikos F.C. as a goalkeeper . International caps Babaniotis has been capped with the Greece national under-19 football tea ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Barboudis Nikos Barboudis ( el, Νίκος Μπαρμπούδης; born 6 March 1989) is a Romanian-born Greek football player who plays as a right back for Ayia Napa. His uncle, Mihai Neşu, was also a football player, who represented Romania at internat ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Barlos Nikolaos "Nikos" Barlos (alternate spelling: Mparlos) ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Μπάρλος; born July 12, 1979) is a Greek retired professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, at a height of 2.03 m (6'8") tall ...

, Greek basketball player * Nikos Beloyannis, Greek communist and resistance leader *

Nikos Boudouris Nikolaos "Nikos" Boudouris (alternate spellings: Bountouris, Mpoudouris, Mpountouris) ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Μπουντούρης; born 25 September 1971 in Volos, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Early ca ...

, Greek basketball player *

Nikos Boutzikos Nikos Boutzikos ( el, Νίκος Μπουτζίκος, born 6 September 1989) is a Greek professional footballer who plays for Super League 2 club Olympiacos Volos, for which he is captain. Career Boutzikos is a product of Panathinaikos' youth ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Christodoulou, Greek conductor and composer * Nikos Christodoulides, Greek Cypriot politician * Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer * Nikos Dimitrakos, American ice-hockey player * Nikos Dimou, Greek writer * Nikos Ekonomou, Greek basketball player * Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet * Nikos Filippou, Greek basketball player * Nick Galis, Greek basketball player * Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet * Nikos Ghalas, Greek footballer * Nikos Gounaris, Greek singer and songwriter * Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas, Greek artist, writer and academic * Nikos Hadjinikolaou, Greek journalist * Nikos Hatzis, Greek basketball player * Nikos Hatzivrettas, Greek basketball player * Nikos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer and sailor * Nikos Kaklamanos, Greek basketball player * Nikos Kalafatis, Greek footballer * Nikos Kalokairis, Greek footballer * Nikos Karageorgiou, Greek footballer * Nikos Karouzos, Greek poet * Nikos Karvelas, Greek songwriter and singer *

Nikos Katsavakis Nikos Katsavakis ( el, Νίκος Κατσαβάκης; born 16 May 1979) is a retired Greek and Cypriot footballer. He last played as a defender for Panserraikos and aspires to become a professional football trainer, like his father Makis Kat ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer and philosopher * Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer * Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician *

Nikos Kostakis Nikos Kostakis ( el, Νίκος Κωστάκης, born 16 February 1973) is a Greek professional football (soccer) goalkeeper, currently playing for Thrasivoulos Filis F.C. in the Greek second division. Before Kostakis joined the club, he playe ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Kostenoglou Nikos Kostenoglou ( gr, Νίκος Κωστένογλου; born 3 October 1970) is a Greek football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defender. His nickname was "Father" ''( gr, "Πάτερ")'', because of his strong de ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Koundouros, Greek film director *

Nikos Kourkoulos Nikos Kourkoulos ( el, Νίκος Κούρκουλος; December 5, 1934 in Athens, Greece – January 30, 2007) was a highly respected Greek theatrical and film performer, one of the most talented and recognizable actors in Greece of modern tim ...

, Greek actor * Nikos Krotsidhas, Greek footballer * Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer * Nikos Lorentzos, Greek informatics professor *

Nikos Machlas Nikos Machlas ( el, Νίκος Μαχλάς, born 16 June 1973) is a retired Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career OFI Crete Machlas began his career with OFI Crete, where he made his debut in February 1991 ag ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Mastorakis, Greek filmmaker and radio producer *

Nikos Mihas Nikos Mihas ( el, Νίκος Μίχας; born November 20, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek singer-songwriter of the new age of Greek rock stars. Early life From an early age he showed an interest in music. He started by playing the piano at the ...

, Greek singer and songwriter * Nikos Nicolaides, Greek painter and writer * Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1973), Cypriot midfielder *

Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1978) Nikos Nicolaou (, born 28 June 1978 in Cyprus), is a Cypriot football defender who last played for Nea Salamis Famagusta Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta ( el, Νέα Σαλαμίνα Αμμοχώστου) is a Cypriot sports ...

, Cypriot defender * Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director and a writer *

Nikos Nikolaou Nikos Nikolaou ( el, Νίκος Νικολάου) (1909–1986) was a major figure in Greek art during the 20th century. In 1929 Nikolaou was admitted into the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he studied under Konstantinos Parthenis and Umberto ...

, Greek artist * Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer *

Nikos Nisiotis Nikolaos "Nikos" A. Nissiotis (alternate spelling: Nisiotis) ( Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" A. Νησιώτης; 21 May 1924 – 18 August 1986) was a Greek theologian, philosopher, university professor, and basketball coach. Basketball ...

, Greek basketball coach *

Nikos Pantidos Nikos Pantidos ( el, Νίκος Παντίδος; born 19 April 1991) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defender. Career Pantidos started playing football at Ethnikos academy in Pallini. In 2004, he joined Panathinaikos FC foo ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Papadopoulos, several people of that name * Nikos Papanikolaou, Greek basketball player * Nikos Papatakis, Greek film director * Nikos Pateras, Greek ship magnate *

Nikos Perakis Nikos Perakis ( el, Νίκος Περάκης; born 11 September 1944) is a Greek writer and film director. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Munich. At that time he worked as a set and costume designer. His 1984 film '' Loafing and Camoufl ...

, Greek writer and film director * Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek communist and resistance fighter *

Nikos Poulantzas Nicos Poulantzas ( el, Νίκος Πουλαντζάς ; 21 September 1936 – 3 October 1979) was a Greek-French Marxist political sociologist and philosopher. In the 1970s, Poulantzas was known, along with Louis Althusser, as a leading structur ...

, Greco-French political sociologist * Nikos Rizos, Greek actor * Nikos Sampson, Cypriot coup d'état president *

Nikos Sarganis Nikos Sarganis (Greek language, Greek: Νίκος Σαργκάνης; born 13 January 1954) is a Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Career Born in Rafina, Att ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor * Nikos Skalkottas, Greek composer *

Nikos Skarmoutsos Nikos Skarmoutsos (born 16 March 1976 in Athens, Greece) is a professional football forward. He is currently training the football team of the Athens Bar Association, Solon FC, counting two domestic championships (2015 and 2016). He is also holde ...

, Greek footballer *

Nikos Spiropoulos Nikos Spyropoulos ( el, Νίκος Σπυρόπουλος; born 10 October 1983) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Club career Early career Spyropoulos began his career with PAS Giannina in 2001, where he cel ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player * Nikos Tselios, Irish-American ice hockey player *

Nikos Tsiantakis Nikos Tsiantakis ( el, Νίκος Τσιαντάκης, born 20 October 1963) is a Greek former football midfielder. Career He most prominently played for Panionios NFC and Olympiacos. His appearance at the 1994 World Cup rounded off his nation ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Tsiforos, Greek writer and film director *

Nikos Tzogias Nikos Tzogias ( el, Νίκος Τζόγιας, 1921 – 1 March 1996) was a Greek film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1949 and 1987. Selected filmography * '' Anthropos yia oles tis doulies'' (1966) .... Stefanos * ''Phaedra'' (196 ...

, Greek actor *

Nikos Vakalis Nikos Vakalis (born December 1939–23 March 2017) was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2009. Biography He studied Physics with a scholarship at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He served as a reservist officer (he ...

, Greek politician * Nikos Vertis, Greek singer * Nikos Voutsis, Greek politician * Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor * Nikos Xanthoulis, Greek musician and composer * Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer and songwriter * Nikos Xydakis (journalist), Greek journalist and politician * Nikos Xydakis (musician), Greek songwriter, pianist and singer *

Nikos Zachariadis Nikos Zachariadis ( el, Νίκος Ζαχαριάδης; 27 April 1903 – 1 August 1973) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) from 1931 to 1956, and one of the most important personalities in the Greek Civil War. E ...

, Greek politician *

Nikolaos Zisis Nikolaos "Nikos" Zisis (alternate spelling: Zissis; el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Ζήσης; born August 16, 1983) is a Greek basketball executive and former professional basketball player. During his pro club playing career, at a height of ...

, Greek basketball player

Fictional characters

Nikos Nikos ( el, Νίκος, ''Níkos'') is a Greek given name. It originates from Greek ''Nikolaos'', which means "victory of the people".Liddell & Scott, Abridged Greek Lexicon Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of t ...

, a fictional character on ''EastEnders'' *Pyrrha Nikos, a fictional character from the American web series '' RWBY''

Other

*Nikos, international underwear and accessories compan

* '' Nikos the Impaler'', a b-grade splatter film (2003) *, a Panamanian cargo ship in service under this name in 1970

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