Nico is a unisex given name. It is a short form of

Nicholas Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its ...

, Nicolas, Nicola,

Nicole Nicole may refer to: People * Nicole (name) * Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor'' * Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977) * Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Eurovi ...

Dominic Dominic is a name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans as a male given name. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". Variations include: Domini ...

and others. In Italian it may also be short for Domenico,

Nicolò Nicolò () is an Italian male given name. Another variation is Niccolò, most common in Tuscany. It may refer to: * Nicolò Albertini, statesman * Nicolò Amati, luthier * Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer * Nicolò Barattieri, Italian engineer ...

and for

Nicodemo Nicodemo is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Attilio Nicodemo (born 1974), Italian footballer * Tony Nicodemo, American basketball player * Nicodemo Ferrucci (1574–1650), Italian Baroque painter *Nicodemo S ...

. Notable people with the name include: * Nico (1938–1988), born Christa Päffgen, singer with

The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. The original line-up consisted of singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. MacLise ...

Nico (Romanian singer) Nicoleta Matei (born 1 February 1970), known by her stage name Nico, is a Romanian singer and TV personality. She collaborated with several Romanian hip hop artists, such as Morometzii (in 1999), B.U.G. Mafia (in 2000, 2002), Cabron (in 2003, ...

(born 1970) * Nico Aaltonen (born 1988), Finnish ice hockey player *

Nico Abegglen Nico Abegglen (born 16 February 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for SC Brühl. Career On 1 August 2007, Abegglen moved from FCSG U18 to St. Gallen U21. He played 2 years for youth career in U21 team. On 1 July ...

(born 1990), Swiss footballer * Nico Antonitsch (born 1991), Austrian footballer * Nico Archambault (born 1984), Canadian dancer and choreographer * Nico Assumpção (1954–2001), Brazilian bass player *

Nico Baleani Nicolás 'Nico' Baleani Springolo Serra (born 16 November 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for CE Constància. Football career Born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Baleani graduated with local giants RCD Mallorca' ...

(born 1992), Spanish footballer *

Nico Baracchi Nico Baracchi (April 19, 1957 – March 24, 2015) was a Swiss bobsledder and skeleton racer who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. He won two silver medals at the FIBT World Championships with his first in skeleton at St. Morit ...

(1957–2015), Swiss bobsledder *

Nico Berg Nicolas "Nico" Berg (born September 11, 1973) is a retired Canadian soccer midfielder. Player Club Played youth soccer with the Lynn Valley Falcons and was a member of the UBC Thunderbirds men's varsity soccer team. Berg played in the Canadian ...

(born 1973), Canadian soccer player * Nico Bettge (born 1980), German slalom canoeist * Nico Beyer (born 1964), German film director and producer * Nico Binst (born 1992), Belgian footballer *

Nicolaas Bloembergen Nicolaas Bloembergen (March 11, 1920 – September 5, 2017) was a Dutch- American physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy. During his career, he was a p ...

(1920–2017), Dutch and American physicist and Nobel laureate * Nico Bodonczy (born 1955), Chilean-American soccer player * Nico Boje (born 1973), South African cricketer * Nico H.J. van den Boogaard (1938–1982), Dutch medievalist scholar * Nico Bouvy (1892–1957), Dutch footballer * Nico Braun (born 1950), Luxembourgian footballer *

Nico de Bree Nicolaas Alphonsus Petrus "Nico" de Bree (16 September 1944 – 6 May 2016) was a Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career De Bree started his professional career at local club Elinkwijk and moved to N.E.C. in 1966. After play ...

(1944–2016), Dutch football goalkeeper * Nico van Breemen (born 1942), Dutch soil scientist * Nico Broekhuysen (1876–1958), Dutch teacher and inventor of korfball * Nico Brüngger (born 1988), Swiss cyclist * Nico Burchert (born 1987), German footballer * Nico Buwalda (1890–1970), Dutch footballer *

Nico Carstens Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens (10 February 1926 – 1 November 2016) more commonly known as Nico Carstens, was a South African musician, accordionist, and songwriter. Early life Born, 10 February 1926, in Cape Town of Afrikaner parents, Carstens ...

(1926–2016), South African accordionist and songwriter * Nico Casavecchia (born 1961), Argentine director * Nico Castel (1931–2015), Multinational operatic tenor * Nico Claesen (born 1962), Belgian footballer * Nico Colaluca (born 1986), American soccer player * Nico Collard (born 1970s), American music director, producer, and guitarist * Nico Collins (born 1999), American football player * Nico Covatti (born 1988), Argentine motorcycle speedway rider * Nico Däbritz (born 1971), German footballer * Nico de Boinville (born 1989), English jockey * Nico F. Declercq (born 1975), Belgian physicist and mechanical engineer * Nico Delle Karth (born 1984), Austrian sailor *

Nico Denz Nico Denz (born 15 February 1994) is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He competed in the 2017 Vuelta a España, his first Grand Tour. In May 2018, he competed in the 2018 Giro d'Italia, and has entered ...

(born 1994), German cyclist * Nico Dewalque (born 1945), Belgian footballer * Nico Diederichs (1903–1978), South African State President * Nico Dijkshoorn (born 1960), Dutch author, columnist, and musician * Nico Dostal (1895–1981), Austrian operetta and film music composer * Nico Eekman (1889–1973), Belgian figurative painter * Nico Elorde (born 1991), Filipino basketball player * Nico Elvedi (born 1996), Swiss footballer *

Nico Emonds Nico Emonds (born 4 April 1961) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in five editions of the Tour de France, four editions of the Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle ...

(born 1961), Belgian cyclist *

Nico Empen Nico Empen (born 11 January 1996) is a German footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Regionalliga Nord The Regionalliga Nord ( en, Regional League North) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Lower Sax ...

(born 1996), German footballer * Nico Esterhuyse (born 1984), Namibian rugby player *

Nico Evers-Swindell Nico Thomas Evers-Swindell is a New Zealand actor who portrayed Prince William in the 2011 Lifetime original film '' William & Kate''. Previous roles include minor appearances in the 2010 film ''Edge of Darkness'' and the television crime drama '' ...

(born 1979), New Zealand actor *

Nico Falah Nico Falah (born January 6, 1995) is an American football Guard (gridiron football), guard who is currently a free agent. He played college football at USC Trojans football, USC. Professional career Tennessee Titans Falah signed with the Tennes ...

(born 1995), American football player *

Nico Fidenco Nico Fidenco (artistic name Domenico Colarossi; 24 January 1933 – 19 November 2022) was an Italian singer and film soundtrack composer who gained considerable popularity in 1960 with the release of the song "What a Sky" (Italian: "''Su nel cie ...

(born 1933), Italian singer *

Nico Freriks Nico Petrus Johannes Freriks (born 22 December 1981 in Uden, North Brabant) is a former volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he ended up in ninth place with ...

(born 1981), Dutch volleyball player * Nico Frijda (1927–2015), Dutch psychologist *

Nico Frommer Nico Frommer (born 8 April 1978 in Ulm, West Germany) is a German former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are associati ...

(born 1978), German footballer * Nico Frutos (born 1981), Argentine footballer * Nico van Gageldonk (1913–1995), Dutch cyclist * Nico Gaitán (born 1988), Argentine footballer * Nico Gardener (1906–1989), British bridge player * Nico González (footballer, born 1988), Spanish footballer * Nico Gorzel (born 1998), German footballer * Nico Granatowski (born 1991), German footballer * Nico Gunzburg (1882–1984), Belgian lawyer and criminologist * Nico Gutjahr (born 1993), German footballer *

Nico de Haas Nico de Haas ( Amsterdam, 23 June 1907 – 1995) was a Dutch National-Socialist photographer, graphic designer, and artist. During the German occupation of the Netherlands, he was responsible for the design of the Dutch coins and paper money. H ...

(1907–1995), Dutch photographer and currency designer *

Nico Habermann Arie Nicolaas Habermann (26 June 1932 – 8 August 1993), often known as Nico Habermann, was a noted Dutch computer scientist. Habermann was born in Groningen, Netherlands, and earned his B.S. in mathematics and physics and M.S. in mathematics ...

(1932–1993), Dutch computer scientist * Nico Hambro (1861–1926), Norwegian female politician (Nicoline) * Nico Hammann (born 1988), German footballer * Nico Hischier (born 1999), Swiss ice hockey player *

Nico Hülkenberg Nicolas Hülkenberg (, born 19 August 1987) is a German professional racing driver who is scheduled to make a full-time racing return to Formula 1 with Haas F1 Team in 2023, after serving as a reserve driver for Aston Martin F1 Team for the yea ...

(born 1987), German Formula One driver *

Nico Jalink Nicholaas Jalink (born 22 June 1964) is a Dutch former footballer and football manager. In a career spanning some eighteen years, the midfielder played 480 professional league games, scoring seventy goals. He spent almost a year in England with ...

(born 1964), Dutch football player *

Nico Kasanda Naftiran Intertrade Company limited (NICO) is a Swiss-based subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). NICO is a general contractor for the oil and gas industry. NIOC buys the vast majority of Iran's gasoline imports. NICO is a key pl ...

(1939–1985), Congo guitarist and composer * Nico Landeweerd (born 1954), Dutch water polo player *

Nico Mannion Niccolò "Nico" Mannion (born March 14, 2001) is an Italian-American professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. He attende ...

(born 2001), Italian-American basketball player *

Nico Mbarga Nico Mbarga (1 January 1950 – 23 June 1997), better known as Prince Nico Mbarga, was a Cameroonian-Nigerian highlife musician, born to a Nigerian mother and a Cameroonian father in Abakaliki, Nigeria.Nico Mirallegro ' Nico Cristian Mirallegro ( ; born 26 January 1991) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Barry "Newt" Newton in the soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' (2007–2010), Finn Nelson in '' My Mad Fat Diary'' (2013–2015), Joe Middleton i ...

(born 1991), British actor *

Nico Motchebon Nico Motchebon (born 13 November 1969 in Berlin) is a former German 800 metres runner. His personal best of 1:43.91 was set on 31 July 1996 in the 800 m final of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he finished fifth. Motchebon won bronze ...

(born 1969), German runner * Nico Muhly (born 1981), American contemporary classical composer * Nico Naldini (born 1929), Italian novelist, poet, and film director * Nico Nyberg (born 1993), Finnish ice hockey player * Nico Onkenhout (1918–1989), Dutch sculptor * Nico Pulzetti (born 1984), Italian footballer * Nico Pepe (1917–1987), Italian film actor * Nico Perrone (born 1935), Italian journalist * Nico Rosberg (born 1985), German-Finnish former Formula One driver and 2016 Formula One World Champion * Nico Schulz (born 1993), German footballer * Nico Siragusa (born 1994), American football player *

Nico Tortorella Nico Tortorella (born July 30, 1988) is an American actor and model, known for roles in filmsincluding ''Scream 4'', the Fox crime drama series ''The Following'' (2013–2015), and the TV Land comedy-drama series '' Younger'' (2015–2021). Fro ...

(born 1988), American actor *

Nico Vaesen Nico-Jos Theodoor Vaesen (born 28 September 1969) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He retired from football shortly after joining Lierse, but returned to the game in 2008 with K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel for one season w ...

(born 1969), Belgian footballer * Nico Vascellari (born 1976) Italian artist and musician * Nico Verhoeven (born 1961), Dutch cyclist * Nico McPhee (born 1998),Entrepreneur Investor * Nico Chou (born 1994),Taiwan structural engineer

Nicknames

* Klaus Peter Cadsky (1937–2011), Swiss cartoonist * Antonio Mariño Souto (born 1935), Cuban painter, known as Ñico

Fictional characters

* Nico Blake, female character from the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Nico Collard, a main character in the ''Broken Sword'' series * Nico di Angelo, a son of

Hades Hades (; grc-gre, ᾍδης, Háidēs; ), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also ...

in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and the

Heroes of Olympus ''The Heroes of Olympus'' is a pentalogy of fantasy- adventure novels written by American author Rick Riordan. The novels detail a conflict between Greek demigods, Roman demigods, and Gaia (Roman name Terra). In the fourth book of the series, ...

series by Rick Riordan * Nico von Lahnstein, female character from the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe'' *

Nico Minoru Minoru Nico (briefly known as Sister Grimm), is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created in 2003 by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona, the character debuted in '' Runaways'' #1 (July 2003 ...

, a comic character who briefly went by the moniker "Sister Grimm" in ''Runaways'' * Nico Reilly, a lead character in the TV series ''Lipstick Jungle'' *

Nico Robin is a fictional character in the ''One Piece'' franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. The character made her first appearance in the 114th chapter of the series, which was first published in Japan in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on No ...

, a manga character from ''One Piece'' *Nico Slater, a character in the TV series ''

Ugly Betty ''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombi ...

'' * Nico Toscani, character in '' Above the Law'' *Nico Kanna, a character of ''Puella Magi Kazumi Magica'', a spinoff manga of '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica''. * Nico Yazawa, a character in the mixed media project '' Love Live! School Idol Project'' *Nico, a yellow canary in the film ''

Rio Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...

'' and its sequel

Rio 2 ''Rio 2'' is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 computer-animated film '' Rio'' and the second installment of the ''Rio'' franchise ...

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