Nicos

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Nico in DE Germany, US United States, NL Netherlands and 19 more, Niko in FI Finland, HR Croatia, SI Slovenia, Nikos in GR Greece, CY Cyprus and Nikko in PH Philippines.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Nicos is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name610 records spelled Nicos3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium

  Also written Nico'S, Nicoş

• Polish surname502 records spelled Nicos2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United Kingdom

  Also written Nicoś

• Russian given name225 records spelled Nicos31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Никос, Николаос, Nikolaos, Ніколаос, Нікас

• a separate given name82 records spelled Nicos2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Cyprus

  Also written Nícos

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Nicos is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A transliteration of a male given name (Νίκος) used in Greece.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 19 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nikos Kazantzakisb. 1883GRnot in their usual nameGreek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
• Nicos Poulantzasb. 1936FRGreek-French philosopher
• Nicholas Gageb. 1939GRnot in their usual nameGreek-American author and journalist
• Nicos Anastasiadesb. 1946CYCypriot politician, 7th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2013–2023)
• Nikos Galisb. 1957USnot in their usual nameGreek basketball player (born 1957)
• Nikos Dendiasb. 1959GRnot in their usual nameGreek politician
• Nikos Aliagasb. 1969FRnot in their usual nameGreek-French journalist and entertainer
• Nicos Christodoulidesb. 1973CYCypriot politician, 8th and current President of Cyprus (2023–)
• Nikos Machlasb. 1973GRnot in their usual nameGreek footballer
• Nikos Liberopoulosb. 1975GRnot in their usual nameGreek footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 71 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nicos?

We estimate roughly 48 thousand people bear Nicos (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Nicos have the most bearers?

Nicos is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled nico.

Where is Nicos most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nicos is densest in Finland — about 1 in 299 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.

How common is Nicos compared with other names?

In Germany, Nicos is the 192nd most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Nicos a male or female name?

Nicos is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.