Nikola () is a

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which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and He ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Maced ...

, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia), while in West Slavic countries ( Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia) it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu. The spelling with K, Nikola, reflects romanization of the Cyrillic spelling, while Nicola reflects Italian usage.

Statistics

*Serbia: male name. 5th most popular in 2011, 1st in 2001, 1st in 1991, 5th in 1981, 9th pre-1940. *Croatia: male name. 32,304 (2011). *Bosnia and Herzegovina: male name. *Bulgaria: male name. * North Macedonia: male name. *Czech Republic: 22,567 females and 740 males (2002). *Poland: female name. *Slovakia: female name.

People with the name

Arts

Nikola Avramov Nikola Vasilev Avramov ( bg, Никола Василев Аврамов) (21 May 1897 – 15 June 1945) was a Bulgarian painter. He was born on 21 May 1897 in Yambol and died on 15 June 1945 in Sofia. Avramov is known for his still-life A ...

, Bulgarian painter *

Nikola Hajdin Nikola Hajdin (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Хајдин; 4 April 1923 – 17 July 2019) was a Serbian construction engineer, professor and the president of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, as a member of the Department of Technical ...

, President of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts *

Nikola Kastner Nikola Kastner (born 1983 in Hamburg, West Germany) is an actress who has appeared in numerous German films and television productions. She is best known internationally for her roles in ''Homeland'' and ''Deutschland 83.'' She took private acting ...

(born 1983), German actress *

Nikola Kojo Nikola Kojo (; born 5 September 1967) is a Serbian actor and film director. Biography Nikola was named after his great-grandfather, who was an protoiereus in Mostar. He made his acting debut before he turned 13, with the role of the boy Ivan in ...

, Serbian actor *

Nikola Martinovski Nikola Martinoski (18 August 1903 – 7 February 1973), sometimes spelled Martinovski ( mk, Никола Мартиноски), was a Yugoslav Aromanian painter. He is considered as a founder of contemporary Macedonian art. Martinoski is best ...

, Macedonian painter *

Nikola Nešković Nikola Nešković (c. 1729 – 1785) was a Serbian religious painter of the 18th century. He is the author of over a thousand works, including many icons, frescos, and portraits. He is the grandfather of Jovan Sterija Popović. Biography Neško ...

, Serbian painter *

Nikola Vaptsarov Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov ( bg, Никола Йонков Вапцаров; 7 December 1909 – 23 July 1942) was a Bulgarian poet, communist and revolutionary. Working most of his life as a machinist, he only wrote in his spare time. Despite the ...

, Bulgarian poet

Music

Nikola Mijailović (singer) Nikola Mijailović may refer to: * Nikola Mijailović (footballer) Nikola Mijailović ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Мијаиловић; born 15 February 1982) is a Serbian former footballer. Club career Amkar Perm In 2011 Mijailović joined FC A ...

, Serbian opera singer *

Nikola Resanovic Nikola Resanovic (born 1955) is an American composer and professor of music at the University of Akron School of Music. He is the winner of the 2003 Cleveland Arts Prize in Music and is one of Ohio's best known living composers. In 1955, he wa ...

, Serbian-American composer *

Nikola Sarcevic Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montene ...

, Swedish thrash rock musician *

Nikola Kołodziejczyk Nikola Kołodziejczyk (born 1986 in Krakow) is a Polish jazz pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. Kołodziejczyk graduated from and is a former faculty member of the Academy of Music in Katowice.Vlgdrag Vukdrag ( sr-cyr, Вукдраг; d. 1327) was a Serbian nobleman who served King Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31) as '' čelnik''. He was a magnate in the Rudnik mountain area, who founded (as the ''ktetor'') the Raška style church in Dići (nea ...

or monk Nikola (d. 1327), Serbian nobleman *

Nikola Altomanović Nikola Altomanović ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Алтомановић; died after 1395) was a 14th-century Serbian župan of the House of Vojinović. He ruled the areas from Rudnik, over Polimlje, Podrinje, east Herzegovina with Trebinje, reachi ...

(fl. 1371–73), Serbian prince *

Nikola Skobaljić Nikola Skobaljić ( sr-cyr, Никола Скобаљић; died November 16, 1454) was a mid 15th-century Serbian Voivode of Dubočica (region around Leskovac, Southern Serbia), during the rule of despot Đurađ Branković (1427–1456). He was ...

(fl. 1454), Serbian general *

Nikola Frankopan Nicola Frangipani in croatian language Nikola IV Frankopan ( hu, Frangepán Miklós; c.1360 – 26 June 1432) was a Croatian nobleman and the Ban of Croatia and Dalmatia from 1426 to 1432. He began as a lord of most of northern Croatia as count ...

, Croatian ban * Nikola IV Zrinski, Croatian-Hungarian ban and hero of

Siege of Szigetvár The siege of Szigetvár or the Battle of Szigeth (pronunciation: �siɡɛtvaːr hu, Szigetvár ostroma, hr, Bitka kod Sigeta; Sigetska bitka, tr, Zigetvar Kuşatması) was a siege of the fortress of Szigetvár, Kingdom of Hungary, that block ...

* Nicholas I of Montenegro, King of Montenegro * Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (1928–1954), Serbian prince *

Nikola, Crown Prince of Montenegro Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Петровић-Његош; born 7 July 1944) is a French-born architect and the Head of the House of Petrović-Njegoš, which reigned over Montenegro from 1696 to 1766 and again from ...

(born 1944), Montenegrin prince * Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian Prime minister * Nikola Jorgic, Bosnian Serb soldier * Nikola Karev, Macedonian revolutionary *

Nikola Kavaja Nikola Kavaja ( sr-cyr, Никола Каваја; 3 October 1932 – 10 November 2008) was a Serbian anti-communists disident. Known as the "Tito Hunter", due to his repeated assassination attempts on Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito. Kavaja se ...

, Serbian anti-communists *

Nikola Kljusev Nikola Kljusev ( mk, Никола Кљусев; 2 October 1927 – 16 January 2008) was a Macedonian academician and politician. Kljusev served as the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from January 27, ...

, Macedonian politician *

Nikola Ljubičić Nikola Ljubičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Љубичић; 4 April 1916 – 13 April 2005) was the President of the Presidency of Serbia (1982–1984), a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1984–198 ...

, Serbian politician *

Nikola Mandić Nikola Mandić (; 20 January 1869 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and one of the leading political figures in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austrian-Hungarian rule. He also served as a Prime Minister of the Independent State of Croati ...

, Croatian politician *

Nikola Milošević (politician) Nikola Milošević, PhD (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Милошевић; 17 April 1929 – 24 January 2007) was a Serbian writer, political philosopher, literary critic, and politician. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty o ...

, Serbian intellectual *

Nikola Mushanov Nikola Stoykov Mushanov ( bg, Никола Стойков Мушанов) (12 April 1872 in Dryanovo – 10 May 1951) was a Bulgarian liberal politician who served as Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Party. He later became noted fo ...

, Bulgarian politician *

Nikola Pašić Nikola Pašić ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Пашић, ; 18 December 1845 – 10 December 1926) was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat who was a leading political figure for almost 40 years. He was the leader of the People's Radical ...

, Serbian politician and diplomat *

Nikola Petkov Nikola Dimitrov Petkov ( bg, Никола Димитров Петков; July 8, 1893 – September 23, 1947) was a Bulgarian politician, one of the leaders of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (usually abbreviated as BZNS). He entered polit ...

, Bulgarian politician *

Nikola Šećeroski Nikola Šećeroski ( sr-cyr, Никола Шећероски; 1934–2008) was a candidate for the Serbian Presidency, running in December 1990 as an independent. Early life He was born in 1934 to a Macedonian Serb family in Radožda, a village o ...

, Serbian politician *

Nikola Špirić Nikola Špirić (, ; born 4 September 1956) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was the 7th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 11 January 2007 until 12 January 2012. He was also the Minister of Finance and Treasury ...

, Bosnian Serb politician * Nikola Uzunović, Serbian politician *

Nikola Vitov Gučetić Nicolò Vito di Gozzi ( la, Nicolai Viti Gozzii, 1549–1610), Niko Vita Gozze, or Nikola Gučetić was a Ragusan statesman, philosopher, science writer and author of one of the first scientific dissertations regarding speleology. Life Gučeti ...

, Ragusian statesman *

Nikola Zhekov Nikola Todorov Zhekov ( bg, Никола Тодоров Жеков; german: Nikola Todorow Schekow; 6 January 1865 – 1 November 1949) was the Minister of War of Bulgaria in 1915 and served as commander-in-chief from 1915 to 1918 during World War ...

, Bulgarian military

Science

Nikola Moravčević Nikola Moravčević ( sr-cyr, Никола Моравчевић, also rendered as Nicholas Moravcevich, born December 10, 1935) is a Serbian-American literary historian, literary critic, academic and novelist. Born and educated in Yugoslavia, he mov ...

, Serbian academic * Nikola Obreshkov, Bulgarian mathematician * Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American inventor and mechanical engineer * Nikola Moushmov, Bulgarian historian

Sports

Nikola Brejchová Nikola Brejchová, née Tomečková () (born 25 June 1974 in Zlín) is a javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within ...

, Czech athlete *

Nikola Dragović Nikola Dragović (born December 20, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player. He played college basketball at UCLA. Early career Dragović grew up with KK Avala Ada (nowadays Mega Basket) juniors and made his debut with the senior team ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Nikola Grbić Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team. Th ...

, Serbian volleyball player *

Nikola Jakšić Nikola Jakšić ( sr-cyr, Никола Јакшић; born 17 January 1997) is a Serbian water polo player for VK Novi Beograd. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Serbia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is tall ...

, Serbian water polo player, Olympic champion * Nikola Jerkan, Croatian footballer *

Nikola Jokić Nikola Jokić ( sr-cyr, Никола Јокић, (); born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays the center position. A four-time NBA All-St ...

, Serbian basketball player * Nikola Jovanović, Montenegrin footballer * Nikola Jovović, Serbian volleyball player *

Nikola Jurčević Nikola Jurčević (born 14 September 1966) is a Croatian football current manager and former player who most recently managed the Azerbaijan national team. Playing career International He made his debut for Croatia in a December 1990 friendly ...

, Croatian footballer * Nikola Kalinić, Serbian basketball player * Nikola Karabatić, French team handball player *

Nikola Katić Nikola Katić (; born 10 October 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Zürich. Club career Early career Katić started his football career in 2001 at HNK Stolac in his native Stolac, before moving on to ...

, Croatian football player * Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer *

Nikola Kovachev Nikola Dimitrov Kovachev ( bg, Никола Димитров Ковачев; Blagoevgrad, 4 June 1934 – Sofia, 26 November 2009) was a Bulgarian football player and manager. Kovachev played for Bulgaria at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. He ...

, Bulgarian footballer *

Nikola Kovačević Nikola Kovačević ( sr-cyrl, Никола Ковачевић) (born 14 February 1983) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and French club Saint Nazaire VB, bronze medalist of the World Championsh ...

, Serbian volleyball player *

Niko Kranjčar Niko Kranjčar (; born 13 August 1984) is a Croatian former professional footballer. He primarily played as an attacking midfielder, but could also operate as a winger or second striker. As of 5 May 2021, he works as an assistant to Josip Šimu ...

, Croatian footballer *

Nikola Kuljača Nikola Kuljača (born 16 August 1974 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played for the team of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro on the bronze medal squad at the 2000 Summe ...

, Serbian waterpolo goalkeeper *

Nikola Lazetić Nikola Lazetić (; born 9 February 1978) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a winger. Club career Born in Titova Mitrovica, Lazetić started out at his hometown club Trepča. He was later discovered by Tomislav Milićević who brou ...

, Serbian footballer *

Nikola Lončar Nikola Lončar (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Лончар; born May 31, 1972) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He also holds Spanish citizenship. Professional career Lončar started his career at Partizan, making his profess ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Nikola Maraš Nikola Maraš (, ; born 19 December 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish club Deportivo Alavés, on loan from Almería. Club career Rad On 26 May 2013, Maraš made his senior debut for Rad, coming on ...

, Serbian footballer * Nikola Mijailović, Serbian footballer *

Nikola Milojević Nikola Milojević ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Милојевић, ; born 16 April 1981) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Milojević made a name for himself at Hajduk Kula, before moving to Vitória Setúbal ...

, Serbian football goalkeeper * Nikola Milošević, Serbian football midfielder *

Nikola Mirotić Nikola Mirotić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Миротић; born 11 February 1991) is a Montenegrin-Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. The power forward is a four-time All-EuroLeague Team mem ...

, Spanish basketball player of Montenegrin descent *

Nikola Nikezić Nikola Nikezić ( cyrl, Никола Никезић, ; born 13 June 1981) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer. Club career He also played for Domžale and Gorica in the Slovenian PrvaLiga and FK Budućnost Podgorica and FK Sutjeska ...

, Montenegrin footballer * Nikola Nikić, Bosnian Serb footballer *

Nikola Nimac Nikola Nimac (born 8 December 1981) is a Croatian skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He finished 26th in the men's skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important busin ...

, Croatian racer * Nikola Peković, Montenegrin basketball player *

Nikola Petroff Nikola Petrov ( bg, Никола Петров), better known as Nikola Petroff, (19 December 1873 – 2 January 1925) was a Bulgarian wrestler. He was born in the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria. On 20 July 1898, in New York City, he earned t ...

, Bulgarian wrestler * Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav Croat professional tennis player *

Nikola Rosić Nikola Rosić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Росић) (born 5 August 1984) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and Romanian club Tomis Constanța, a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012, winner of ...

, Serbian volleyball player *

Nikola Stojić 1998–2003 2003–2006 2007–present Nikola Stojić ( sr-cyr, Никола Стојић, born 15 December 1974 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a rower from Serbia, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, ...

, Serbian rower *

Nikola Sudová Nikola Sudová (born 17 March 1982 in Jablonec nad Nisou) is a Czech freestyle skier known for moguls. She has two World Cup victories and competed for the Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics The Czech Republic competed at the 2006 Wint ...

, Czech freestyle skier * Nikola Vignjević, Serbian footballer *

Nikola Vlašić Nikola Vlašić (; born 4 October 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Torino, on loan from Premier League club West Ham United, and the Croatia national team. Born in the Vlašić fa ...

, Croatian footballer * Nikola Vučević, Montenegrin basketball player *

Nikola Vujčić Nikola Vujčić (born 14 June 1978) is a Croatian former professional basketball player, and the current team manager of the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. During his playing career, at a height of 2.11 m (6' 11") tall, he played at both the cent ...

(born 1978), Croatian basketball player and team manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv *

Nikola Žigić Nikola Žigić ( sr-cyr, Никола Жигић, ; born 25 September 1980) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a centre forward. Žigić was born in Bačka Topola, in what was then SFR Yugoslavia. He began playing football as a youngs ...

, Serbian footballer

Other

Nikola Modruški Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Monten ...

, Croatian catholic priest *

Nikola Radosavljević The Jabukovac killings occurred July 27, 2007, when Nikola Radosavljević killed 9 people and wounded 5 in the Serbian village of Jabukovac, Negotin, Jabukovac. Shooting On July 27, 2007, Radosavljević had lunch with his wife in Jabukovac, Negot ...

, Serbian mass murderer *

Nicholas Nikola Ribic Nicholas "Nick" Ribic (born 1974) is a Canadian who fought in the Bosnian Serb Army where he was also known as Nikola Ribić. In 1995, he took four United Nations peacekeepers hostage and used them as a human shield to try to force a halt to th ...

, Serbian-Canadian convicted for hostaging *

Nikola Motor Company Nikola Corporation is an American manufacturer of heavy-duty commercial battery-electric vehicles, fuel-cell electric vehicles, and energy solutions. It presented several vehicle concepts from 2016 to 2020, the first of which was a natural g ...

, an American-based electric semi-truck design company based in Salt Lake City, Utah

Fictional characters

Doctor Nikola Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. He lived mainly in England. He is best known fo ...

, a fictional supervillain in works of Guy Boothby

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