Niku may refer to: * An alternate transliteration of

Necho II Necho II (sometimes Nekau, Neku, Nechoh, or Nikuu; Greek: Νεκώς Β'; ) of Egypt was a king of the 26th Dynasty (610–595 BC), which ruled from Sais. Necho undertook a number of construction projects across his kingdom. In his reign, accord ...

, King of Egypt * A common verbal and written shorthand for

Nikumaroro Nikumaroro, previously known as Kemins Island or Gardner Island, is a part of the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is a remote, elongated, triangular coral atoll with profuse vegetation and a large central marine lagoo ...

island * Niku, a business automation company acquired by

CA, Inc. CA Technologies, formerly known as CA, Inc. and Computer Associates International, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in New York City. It is primarily known for its business-to-business (B2B) software with a product po ...

(Computer Associates) in 2005 * The

Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research ( no, Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning, NIKU) is a cultural heritage research institute based in Oslo, Norway. Organization The institute has nearly 80 employees and regional offices ...

(Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning - NIKU) * "niku" (肉) means "meat" in Japanese **Nickname of character Sena Kashiwazaki from

Haganai , short for , is a Japanese light novel series written by Yomi Hirasaka, illustrated by Buriki, and published by Media Factory. It has been given several manga adaptations; the first incarnation, its title and basic plot unchanged, be ...

novel/anime series. * Niku, a nickname for

, formerly known as Gardner Island * , nicknamed Niku, a

trans-Neptunian object A trans-Neptunian object (TNO), also written transneptunian object, is any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance than Neptune, which has a semi-major axis of 30.1 astronomical units (au). Typically, ...

with an abnormal solar orbit.

People with the name

Niku Kheradmand Niku Kheradmand ( fa, نیکو خردمند , also Romanized as ''Nikoo Kheradmand''; 10 November 1932 – 17 November 2009) was an Iranian actress and film dubber. She died in a Tehran hospital on 17 November 2009, aged 77. Kheradmand had suffe ...

, Iranian actress and film dubber *

Niku Kruger Niku Kruger (born 9 October 1991) is a former South African-born American rugby union player who played scrum-half for the Denver Stampede. Kruger has also played for the Glendale Raptors. He played college rugby with Kutztown University, reachin ...

, South African-born American rugby player *

Tapani Niku Tapani Niku (born ''Karsikas'', 1 April 1895 – 6 April 1989) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 18 km event and failed to finish his 50 km event. At the FIS Nordic Wor ...

, Finnish cross-country skier (bronze medal in 1924 Winter Olympics) {{disambiguation, surname