Nikos
given name · Greek · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Nikos is a given name, most frequently recorded in Germany. In Greece it is the 36th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Greek and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: männl. Vom., neugriechische Kurz form von Nikolaos (.
- FIFinland1 in 299◐
- ATAustria1 in 441
- HRCroatia1 in 813
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈48K ●
- 6 ●
- Sources
- 297 ●
- 1 in 299 ◐
across 10 countries
recorded for this name
464K records
Official registry-verified
Finland
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Nico in DE Germany, US United States, NL Netherlands and 19 more, Niko in FI Finland, HR Croatia, SI Slovenia, Nikko in PH Philippines and Ნიკო in GE Georgia.
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●
männl. Vom., neugriechische Kurz form von Nikolaos (
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #192 | 139,945 | 126K rec. | — | 1 | Nico | 233 |
| FR France | #955 | 51,682 | 53K rec. | — | 353 | Nico | 243 |
| PH Philippines | #446 | 48,601 | 19K rec. | — | 15K | Nikko | 92 |
| AT Austria | #87 | 37,504 | 4.3K rec. | — | 9.4K | Nico | 104 |
| GR Greece | #36 | 23,105 | 14K rec. | — | 33 | Nikos | 170 |
| IT Italy | #373 | 19,882 | 21K rec. | — | 71 | Nico | 113 |
| FI Finland | #201 | 18,618△ | 6.2K rec. | 1 in 299 | 19K | Niko | 102 |
| US United States | — | 14,031 | 89K rec. | 1 in 24K | 14K | Nico | 297 |
| AR Argentina | — | 13,146 | 8.7K rec. | — | 95 | Nico | 80 |
| ZA South Africa | #295 | 11,129 | 11K rec. | — | — | Nico | 77 |
| BE Belgium | #184 | 8,628 | 8.2K rec. | — | 11 | Nico | 103 |
| MX Mexico | — | 7,953 | 8.4K rec. | — | — | Nico | 86 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Greek23K58%
- English4.6K12%
- German3.8K9%
- French1.5K4%
- Czech1.1K3%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Greek | 23,319 | 58% |
| English | 4,594 | 12% |
| German | 3,760 | 9% |
| French | 1,468 | 4% |
| Czech | 1,103 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Nikos 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 the Greek male given name Νίκος (Níkos) used in Greece. It is the most common form of the name Nikolaos, the Greek cognate of Nicholas.
as a wordkaikki.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●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 |
| 1966 | 7 |
| 1967 | 5 |
| 1968 | 8 |
| 1969 | 16 |
| 1970 | 10 |
| 1971 | 11 |
| 1972 | 6 |
| 1973 | 11 |
| 1974 | 11 |
| 1975 | 14 |
| 1976 | 7 |
| 1977 | 12 |
| 1979 | 9 |
| 1980 | 11 |
| 1981 | 11 |
| 1982 | 8 |
| 1983 | 18 |
| 1984 | 14 |
| 1985 | 13 |
| 1986 | 9 |
| 1987 | 13 |
| 1988 | 20 |
| 1989 | 11 |
| 1990 | 9 |
| 1991 | 18 |
| 1992 | 12 |
| 1993 | 12 |
| 1994 | 18 |
| 1995 | 15 |
| 1996 | 9 |
| 1997 | 22 |
| 1998 | 20 |
| 1999 | 17 |
| 2000 | 21 |
| 2001 | 10 |
| 2002 | 15 |
| 2003 | 13 |
| 2004 | 25 |
| 2005 | 21 |
| 2006 | 23 |
| 2007 | 14 |
| 2008 | 25 |
| 2009 | 28 |
| 2010 | 19 |
| 2011 | 22 |
| 2012 | 17 |
| 2013 | 15 |
| 2014 | 22 |
| 2015 | 22 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2017 | 16 |
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 20 |
| 2022 | 18 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 15 |
| 2025 | 12 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 60 years between 1962–2025. 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. 1883GRGreek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)
- Nicos Poulantzasb. 1936FRnot in their usual nameGreek-French philosopher
- Nicholas Gageb. 1939GRnot in their usual nameGreek-American author and journalist
- Nicos Anastasiadesb. 1946CYnot in their usual nameCypriot politician, 7th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2013–2023)
- Nikos Galisb. 1957USGreek basketball player (born 1957)
- Nikos Dendiasb. 1959GRGreek politician
- Nikos Aliagasb. 1969FRGreek-French journalist and entertainer
- Nicos Christodoulidesb. 1973CYnot in their usual nameCypriot politician, 8th and current President of Cyprus (2023–)
- Nikos Machlasb. 1973GRGreek footballer
- Nikos Liberopoulosb. 1975GRGreek 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●
Attested in 51 sources across 30 countries.
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 235 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Nikos?
- We estimate roughly 48 thousand people bear Nikos (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
- In which country does Nikos have the most bearers?
- Nikos is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled nico.
- Where is Nikos most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nikos is densest in Finland — about 1 in 299 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Nikos compared with other names?
- In Germany, Nikos is the 192nd most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.
- Is Nikos a male or female name?
- Nikos 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.
- What does the name Nikos mean?
- Recorded meaning: männl. Vom., neugriechische Kurz form von Nikolaos (
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nikos” — the 192nd most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.