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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 ...
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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 Nikos Aliagas ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Αλιάγας, ''Nikólaos "Níkos" Aliágas''; born 13 May 1969) is a Greek-French journalist and entertainer, known for being the host of the French reality program ''Star Academy''. Biograph ...
, 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 Nikos Beloyannis ( el, Νίκος Μπελογιάννης; 1915 – 30 March 1952) was a Greek resistance leader and leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party. Biography Beloyannis was born in Amaliada (Peloponnese, Greece) in 1915. He cam ...
, 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 Nikos Christodoulou (born 1959) is a Greek conductor and composer, and the music director of the City of Athens Symphony Orchestra and Choir. He is also the founder of the New Symphony Orchestra of Athens and the Euro Youth Philharmonic. Biogr ...
, Greek conductor and composer * Nikos Christodoulides, Greek Cypriot politician *
Nikos Dabizas Nikos Dabizas ( el, Νίκος Νταμπίζας, born 3 August 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender for Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and AEL. He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football ...
, Greek footballer * Nikos Dimitrakos, American ice-hockey player *
Nikos Dimou Nikos Dimou ( el, Νίκος Δήμου), born in 1935 in Athens, is a Greek writer and columnist. He started out as a copywriter and went on to become one of the best-known Greek intellectuals. Biography He graduated from Athens College and ...
, 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 Nikolaos (Nikos) Chatzivrettas (alternate spelling: Hatzivrettas) (Greek: Νικόλαος (Νίκος) Χατζηβρέττας; born May 26, 1977) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. Chatzivrettas is 1.97 m (6 ft 5 in) tall ...
, Greek basketball player * Nikos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer and sailor * Nikos Kaklamanos, Greek basketball player * Nikos Kalafatis, Greek footballer *
Nikos Kalokairis Nikos Kalokeris ( el, Νίκος Καλοκαίρης; born 2 May 1986) is a Greek professional football defender who is currently playing for Aris Etoliko. Kalokairis previously played for Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ...
, Greek footballer *
Nikos Karageorgiou Nikos Karageorgiou ( gr, Νίκος Καραγεωργίου; born 8 December 1962) is a Greek professional football manager and former player. Club career Karageorgiou began his football career at his local village football club Aetos Eratino ...
, Greek footballer *
Nikos Karouzos Nikos Karouzos ( el, Νίκος Καρούζος) was a Greek modernist poet. He was born in Nafplion on 17 July 1926 and died in Athens on 28 September 1990. He published his first poems in 1949. He also wrote literary criticism and essays on the ...
, 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 Nikos Krotsidhas (born 24 March 1986) is a Greece, Greek soccer, football player who plays for Aiolikos F.C., Aiolikos. He previously played for Aiolikos in the Gamma Ethniki. References

1986 births Living people Greek men's footballer ...
, Greek footballer * Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer *
Nikos Lorentzos Nikos Lorentzos is a Greek professor of Informatics. He is a specialist on the Relational Model of Database Management, having made contributions in the field of temporal databases, where he has co-authored a book with Hugh Darwen Hugh Darwe ...
, 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 ...
, Greek footballer *
Nikos Mastorakis Nico Mastorakis ( el, Νίκος Μαστοράκης; born 28 April 1941 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek filmmaker and radio producer. He is probably best known for his 1973 live interview of 17 arrested Greek students, which happened without thei ...
, 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) Nicos Nicolaou (born August 5, 1973 in Limassol, Cyprus) is a Cypriot manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and sci ...
, 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 Nico Papatakis ( el, Νίκος Παπατάκης; 5 July 1918 – 17 December 2010)Death certificate registered by the Paris's City Hall (France) was an Ethiopian-born Greek filmmaker, who lived in France. Biography Papatakis was born in Addi ...
, Greek film director *
Nikos Pateras Nikos Pateras is a Greek major shipowner, president (from 2008 to 2010) and shareholder of Panathinaikos FC. He is member of the Pateras family, a historic shipping family from Chios island. He is president of Pacific & ...
, 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 Camouflag ...
, Greek writer and film director *
Nikos Ploumpidis Nikos Ploumpidis (also Ploumbidis) () (31 December 1902 – 14 August 1954) was in the leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party during the Second World War and a famous member of the wartime anti-Nazi resistance. The son of a poor farming famil ...
, 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 Nikos Rizos ( el, Νίκος Ρίζος; 30 September 1924, in Peta – 20 April 1999, in Athens) was a Greek actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. He and his wife Elsa had one son. Career Rizos began his career with ''Anthropo ...
, Greek actor *
Nikos Sampson Nikos Sampson (born Nikos Georgiadis, el, Νίκος Γεωργιάδης; 16 December 1935 – 9 May 2001) was the ''de facto'' president of Cyprus who succeeded Archbishop Makarios, appointed as the president of Cyprus by the Greek military ...
, 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 Nikos Sergianopoulos ( el, Νίκος Σεργιανόπουλος; 29 January 1958 – 4 June 2008), surname also spelled as Seryanopoulos or Seryiannopoulos, was a Greek actor. Early life and career Born in Drama, Greece, he graduated from ...
, 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 Nikos Tselios ( gr, Νίκος Τσέλιος; born January 20, 1979) is a Greek-American former professional ice hockey defenseman. Tselios became the first draft pick in the history of the Carolina Hurricanes when he was selected 22nd overall i ...
, 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 Nikos Tsiforos ( el, Νίκος Τσιφόρος; 27 August 1912 – 6 August 1970) was a Greek humorist, screenwriter, and film director. He had more than 60 film scripts to his credit between 1948 and 1970. He further directed 17 films be ...
, 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 Nikos Voutsis ( el, Νίκος Βούτσης; born 4 March 1951) is a Greek politician and MP who served as the Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction from January 2015 to August 2015, and as President of the Hellenic Parlia ...
, Greek politician *
Nikos Xanthopoulos Nikos Xanthopoulos ( el, Nίκος Ξανθόπουλος; 14 March 1934 – 22 January 2023) was a Greek actor, known for his roles in the 1960s era Greek Drama Cinema. He was also a singer of Greek folk bouzouki, having released many albums an ...
, Greek actor * Nikos Xanthoulis, Greek musician and composer *
Nikos Xilouris Nikos Xylouris ( el, Νίκος Ξυλούρης, 7 July 1936 – 8 February 1980), Cretan nickname: Psaronikos ( el, Ψαρονίκος), was a Greek singer, Cretan Lyra player and composer, who was and remains to this day among the most renow ...
, Greek singer and songwriter *
Nikos Xydakis (journalist) Nikos Xydakis ( el, Νίκος Ξυδάκης; born 1958) is a Greek journalist, art critic, and left-wing politician. From 27 January to 28 August 2015, he served as the Alternate Minister for Culture in the cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. From 23 S ...
, 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

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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

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Nikos the Impaler ''Nikos the Impaler'' is a 2003 z-grade splatter film directed by and starring German arteur Andreas Schnaas. It follows a reincarnated Romanian barbarian ( Schnaas) as he wreaks havoc on modern day New York City. It was released in some territ ...
'', a b-grade splatter film (2003) *, a Panamanian cargo ship in service under this name in 1970


See also

* Nico *
Nico (given name) Nico is a unisex given name. It is a short form of Nicholas, Nicolas, Nicola, Nicole, Dominic and others. In Italian it may also be short for Domenico, Nicolò and for Nicodemo. Notable people with the name include: *Nico (1938–1988), born Ch ...
* Nicos


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