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 the original Nikolaos (Greek) or Nicholas (English).

People

*Nikos Alefantos, Greek football coach
* Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV host
* Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek footballer
* Nikos Arabatzis, Greek footballer
*Nikos Argiropoulos, Greek basketball player
* Nikos Babaniotis, Greek footballer
* Nikos Barboudis, Greek footballer
*Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player
*Nikos Beloyannis, Greek communist and resistance leader
*Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player
*Nikos Boutzikos, 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, Greek footballer
*Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer and philosopher
* Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer
* Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician
* Nikos Kostakis, Greek footballer
*Nikos Kostenoglou, Greek footballer
* Nikos Koundouros, Greek film director
*Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor
*Nikos Krotsidhas, Greek footballer

* Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
*Nikos Lorentzos, Greek informatics professor
*Nikos Machlas, Greek footballer
*Nikos Mastorakis, Greek filmmaker and radio producer
* Nikos Mihas, Greek singer and songwriter
* Nikos Nicolaides, Greek painter and writer
* Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1973), Cypriot midfielder
* Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1978), Cypriot defender
* Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director and a writer
*Nikos Nikolaou, Greek artist
* Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer
* Nikos Nisiotis, Greek basketball coach
* Nikos Pantidos, 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, Greek writer and film director
*Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek communist and resistance fighter
* Nikos Poulantzas, Greco-French political sociologist
*Nikos Rizos, Greek actor
*Nikos Sampson, Cypriot coup d'état president
*Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
* Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor
*Nikos Skalkottas, Greek composer
* Nikos Skarmoutsos, Greek footballer
* Nikos Spiropoulos, Greek footballer
* Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player
* Nikos Tselios, Irish-American ice hockey player
*Nikos Tsiantakis, Greek footballer
*Nikos Tsiforos, Greek writer and film director
*Nikos Tzogias, Greek actor
* Nikos Vakalis, 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, Greek politician
*Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player

Fictional characters

* Nikos, 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

See also

* Nico
* Nico (given name)
* Nicos

References

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Greek masculine given names