Nikifor is a Slavic personal name derived from the Greek name

Nikephoros Nikephoros (), Nikiforos or Nicephorus is a Greek male name, meaning "Bringer of Victory", which was commonly used among the Byzantine Empire's aristocracy. It may refer to: Rulers * Nikephoros I Logothetes, Byzantine emperor 802–811 * Nikeph ...

, (), "Bringer of Victory". *Belarusian: Nichypar, Nikifar *Russian: Nikifor *Ukrainian: Nychypir, Nykyfor *Romanian: Nichifor, Nechifor Ukrainian surnames Nechyporuk and Nechyporenko are derived from the name. The name may refer to: *

Nikifor Nikifor (21 May 1895, Krynica, Austria-Hungary – 10 October 1968, Folusz, Poland), also known as Nikifor Krynicki, born as Epifaniy Drovnyak (Epifaniusz Drowniak) 1, was a Lemko naïve painter. Nikifor painted over 40,000 pictures – on sh ...

, a Polish painter *

Nikifor Begichev Nikifor Alekseevich Begichev (Bigichev) (; February 7 ( N.S. February 19), 1874 – May 18, 1927) was a Soviet seaman and polar explorer. He was twice awarded gold medals by the Russian Academy of Sciences Biography Begichev was born in Tsar ...

, a Russian Arctic explorer *

Nykyfor Hryhoriv Nykyfor Oleksandrovych Hryhoriv (or Grigoryev, real surname Servetnyk; – 27 July 1919) was a Ukrainian military leader noted for repeatedly switching sides during the Ukrainian War of Independence and Soviet-Ukrainian war. He is today con ...

, a Ukrainian guerrilla fighter * Nikifor Krylov, a Russian artist

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