Niku

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Nick in US United States, GB United Kingdom, NL Netherlands and 18 more, Nik in MY Malaysia, SI Slovenia, ID Indonesia, นิคม in TH Thailand and ניק in IL Israel.

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●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology 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◐

Niku is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name1.6K records spelled Niku3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia

  Also written Nīkū, Nikū

• English given name1.6K records spelled Niku8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Germany, Italy

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ñiku, Nikù, Nikű

• Russian surname165 records spelled Niku12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Romania

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Нику, Ніку, Nicu, Нiку

54 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●

Niku is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In nlg, a bird’s nest; ant nest; lair of a pig, den of an animal

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Czech, accusative singular of nika

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

• In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of にく

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

• In Estonian, genitive singular of nikk

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

• In izh, like, as though

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

• In vot, like, as

  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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 86 years between 1915–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Niku Kheradmandb. 1932IRIranian actress and voice actress (1932–2009)
• Niku Määttänenb. 1972FIFinnish economist
• Nikoo Bazsefidpayb. 1984not in their usual namedentist
• Nikoo Yamaninot in their usual nameresearcher (ORCID 0000-0001-6420-4764)

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 · 174 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Niku?

We estimate roughly 137 thousand people bear Niku (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Niku have the most bearers?

Niku is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled nick.

Where is Niku most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Niku is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 259 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.

How common is Niku compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Niku is the 224th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Niku a male or female name?

Niku 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 Niku mean?

Recorded meaning: From a vernacular form of Nikolaus.