Nemo is a given name,

nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...

and surname. It is

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...

for "nobody", and may refer to the

Outis Outis (a transliteration of the Ancient Greek pronoun = " nobody" or "no one") is an often used pseudonym that appeared famously in Classical Greek legends. Modern artists, writers, and others in public life have adopted the use of this pseudonym i ...

alias that

Odysseus Odysseus ( ; grc-gre, Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, OdysseúsOdyseús, ), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses ( , ; lat, UlyssesUlixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the ''Odyssey''. Odys ...

used to trick Polyphemus in ''

The Odyssey The ''Odyssey'' (; grc, Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia, ) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Iliad'', th ...

''. It can also be used as a nickname for the given name

Geronimo Geronimo ( apm, Goyaałé, , ; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache ...

People

* Willard

Nemo Gaines Willard Roland "Nemo" Gaines (December 23, 1897 – January 26, 1979) was an American military officer and baseball player. He served as an officer in the United States Navy and played briefly as a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher with the ...

(1897–1979), American Major League Baseball player and naval captain * Harry Loran

Nemo Leibold Harry Loran "Nemo" Leibold (February 17, 1892 – February 4, 1977) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1913 to 1925. He played for the Cleveland Naps, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, and Washington Senators. He stood at and ...

(1892–1977), American Major League Baseball player, named after the comic strip character Little Nemo *

Antti Niemi (ice hockey) Antti Niemi (; born 29 August 1983) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Niemi previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the 2009–10 s ...

(born 1983), Finnish former National Hockey League goaltender nicknamed "Nemo" *

Qiyu Zhou Qiyu Zhou ( zh, 周齐宇; born January 6, 2000), also known as Nemo Zhou and her online alias akaNemsko, is a Chinese-born Canadian chess player who holds the titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and FIDE Master (FM), and is a Twitch live stream ...

(born 2000), Chinese-born Canadian chess player and streamer also known as Nemo Zhou * Gina Nemo (born 1965), American actress *

Henry Nemo Henry Nemo (June 8, 1909 – November 26, 1999) was a musician, songwriter, and actor in Hollywood films who had a reputation as a hipster. Band leading In 1941, Nemo formed his own 19-piece band. The group featured four Chinese women as singers ...

(1909–1999), American musician, songwriter and actor * Louis-Paul Némo, birth name of

Roparz Hemon Louis-Paul Némo (18 November 1900 – 29 June 1978), better known by the pseudonym Roparz Hemon, was a Breton author and scholar of Breton expression. He was the author of numerous dictionaries, grammars, poems and short stories. He also fou ...

(1900–1978), Breton author and scholar * Nemo Ramjet, pen name of artist and author C. M. Kosemen

Fictional characters

Captain Nemo Captain Nemo (; later identified as an Indian, Prince Dakkar) is a fictional character created by the French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's science-fiction classics, '' Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' ...

, in Jules Verne's novels ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'' and ''Mysterious Island'' (1870), and adaptations thereof *

Little Nemo Little Nemo is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. He originated in an early comic strip by McCay, '' Dream of the Rarebit Fiend'', before receiving his own spin-off series, ''Little Nemo in Slumberland''. The ...

, protagonist of the comic strip ''Little Nemo in Slumberland'' by Winsor McCay (1905) * Nemo, a

clownfish Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes from the subfamily Amphiprioninae in the family Pomacentridae. Thirty species of clownfish are recognized: one in the genus '' Premnas'', while the remaining are in the genus '' Amphiprion''. In the wild, ...

, in the film ''

Finding Nemo ''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was w ...

'' (2003) and its sequel ''

Finding Dory ''Finding Dory'' is a 2016 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton, produced by Lindsey Collins and written by Stanton and ...

'' (2016) * Nemo, a minor character in the Charles Dickens novel ''

Bleak House ''Bleak House'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, an ...

'' (1852) * Nemo Nobody, the title character of the film '' Mr. Nobody'' (2009) * Quentin Nemo, a warlock from the novel '' Orphans of Chaos'' (2005) * Judge Nemo, main villain of the video game '' Disgaea 4'' * Nicolas Monroe "Nemo" Makalintal, a minor character in the 2018 Philippine romantic-comedy series '' The One That Got Away'' * NEMO, the player character of the video game '' Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere''

Animals

Nemo (dog) Nemo (born April 2016) is a black Labrador Retriever- Griffon dog owned by French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron. Life Nemo was born as Marin in 2016 in Tulle, former French President François Hollande's hometown. By August 201 ...

, French President Macron's dog {{given name, type=both Nicknames