Nikita ( ) is a common name in Eastern Europe and Greece. The Russian variant originated as a Greek name, and subsequently

Russian name East Slavic naming customs are the traditional way of identifying a person's family name, given name, and patronymic name in East Slavic languages, East Slavic cultures in Russia and some countries formerly part of the Russian Empire and the ...

. The Ukrainian and

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

variants are ''

Mykyta Mykyta ( ) is a Ukrainian given name, cognate of Belarusian '' Mikita'' and Russian ''Nikita'', all originally borrowed from Greek '' Nicetas'' (). The name Mykyta can be literately translated as ''unconquerable'' or ''victory'', i.e., a man who h ...

'' ( ), and ''

Mikita Mikita is a Belarusian given name, cognate of Ukrainian Mykyta and Russian ''Nikita'', all originally borrowed from Greek '' Nicetas''. People with the given name * Mikita Brottman (born 1966), British scholar, psychoanalyst, author and cultura ...

'' ( ), respectively (but ''Nikita'' () is also in use in both countries). The

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

variant is '' Nichita''. The name is derived from the

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

'' Nicetas'' (, meaning ' victor'). The Greek name entered Slavic onomastics by way of the veneration of Saint

Nicetas the Goth Nicetas () is a Christian martyr of the 4th century, venerated particularly in the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feastday is 15 September. Nicetas was of Gothic origin, living during the 4th century AD. His life spanned the years of Emperor Const ...

(died 372) in the Russian Orthodox Church. The

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Associated with India * of or related to India ** Indian people ** Indian diaspora ** Languages of India ** Indian English, a dialect of the English language ** Indian cuisine Associated with indigenous peoples o ...

feminine name ''Niketā'' निकेता, ''Nikitā'' निकिता is unrelated. It comes from a

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

word ''nikita'' निकेत, ''niketana'' निकेतन meaning "house, habitation; temple".

Notable people with the name

Slavic name

Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia (17 January O.S. 4 January">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 4 January1900 – 12 September 1974) was the third son and fourth child of Grand Duke Alex ...

(1900–1974), Russian prince and monarchist in exile *

Prince Nikita Romanov Prince Nikita Nikitich Romanov (13 May 1923 – 3 May 2007) was a British born, American historian and writer, author of a book about Ivan the Terrible. He was a member of the Romanov family, a son of Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia and a ...

(1923–2007), son of Prince Nikita Alexandrovich *

Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Premier of the Soviet Union, Chai ...

(1894–1971), Soviet leader *

Nikita Magaloff Nikita Magaloff (; 26 December 1992) was a Georgia (country), Georgian-Russian pianist. He was born in Saint Petersburg to a Georgian noble family named Maghalashvili. Magaloff and his family left Russia in 1918 for Finland. His musical interes ...

(1912–1992), Georgian-Russian pianist *

Nikita Bogoslovsky Nikita Vladimirovich Bogoslovsky (22 May 19134 April 2004) was a Soviet and Russian composer. Author of more than 300 songs, 8 symphonies (1940–1991), 17 operettas and musical comedies, 58 soundtracks, and 52 scores for theater productions. Ma ...

(1913–2004), Soviet composer *

Nikita Sakharov Nikita Vasilyevich Sakharov (; 1915 in Gulya, Transbaikal Oblast – 1945) was a Soviet Evenk poet and prose writer. Biography Nikita Sakharov was born in Siberia in 1915. He began his education at a rural Siberian school, moved to the city of ...

(1915–1945), Soviet Evenk poet *

Nikita Moiseyev Nikita Nikolayevich Moiseyev (Russian: Никита Николаевич Моисеев) (23 August 1917 – 29 February 2000) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, full member of the Soviet and Russian Academies of Sciences and of the Interna ...

(1917–2000), Soviet mathematician *

Nikita Mokin Nikita Vladimirovich Mokin (; born March 14, 1992) is a Kazakhstani-Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing with Avangard Omsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Mokin selected 148th overall in the seventh round ...

(born 1992), Kazakhstani-Russian ice hockey player *

Nikita Simonyan Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan (, , 12 October 1926) is a Soviet and Russian former Association football, football Forward (association football), striker and coach of Armenians, Armenian descent. He was born in Armavir, Russia, Armavir. As of 2021 ...

(born 1926), Soviet footballer of Armenian descent *

Nikita Isaev Nikita Olegovich Isaev (; 12 November 1978 – 16 November 2019) was a Russian politician, journalist, and anti-corruption and environmental activist. Before his death, Isaev was the former head of the New Russia movement and was appointed as an ...

(1978–2019), Russian politician, journalist, and anti-corruption and environmental activist *

Nikita Nekrasov Nikita Alexandrovich Nekrasov (; born 10 April 1973) is a Russian mathematical and theoretical physicist at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics and C.N.Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University in New York, and ...

(born 1973), Russian-French mathematician and theoretical physicist *

Nikita Borisov Nikita Borisov is a cryptographer and computer security researcher, currently a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His notable work includes one of the first cryptanalyses of the WEP wireless encryption protocol togeth ...

(born 1977), Russian-American computer scientist * Nikita Ramić (born 1993), Serbian-French concert pianist *

Nikita Koloff Nikita Koloff (born Nelson Scott Simpson, March 9, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions and its successor, World Championship Wrestling between 1984 and 1992, wher ...

(born 1959), American wrestler *

Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (; born 21 October 1945) is a Russian filmmaker and actor. He made his directorial debut with the Red Western film ''At Home Among Strangers'' (1974) after appearing in a series of films, including the romantic com ...

(born 1945), Russian filmmaker and actor *

Nikita Vitiugov Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov (; born 4 February 1987) is a Russian chess grandmaster who internationally represents England since 2023. He changed federations in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was a member of the victorious Russ ...

(born 1987), Russian chess player * Nikita Alekseev (born 1993), Ukrainian singer-songwriter *

Nikita Alexeev Nikita Sergeyevich Alexeev, sometimes transliterated as Alexeyev, (, born December 27, 1981) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward who last played in the Kontinental Hockey League with Severstal Cherepovets. He formerly played in ...

(born 1981), Russian ice hockey player *

Nikita Filatov Nikita Vasilyevich Filatov (; born May 25, 1990) is a Russian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Prior to 2012, Filatov played in North America for the Ottawa Senators and Columbus Blue J ...

(born 1990), Russian ice hockey player * Nikita Howarth (born 1998), New Zealand para swimmer *

Nikita Katsalapov Nikita Gennadyevich Katsalapov (; born 10 July 1991) is a Russian ice dancer. With Victoria Sinitsina, he is 2022 Olympic silver medalist, the 2022 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, 2021 World champion, two-time European Champion (20 ...

(born 1991), Russian ice dancer *

Nikita Krylov Nikita Andreyevich Krylov (born March 7, 1992) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2012, Krylov has also compet ...

(born 1992), Ukrainian mixed martial arts fighter *

Nikita Kucherov Nikita Igorevich Kucherov (; born 17 June 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Regarded as one of the best players in the world, Kucherov ...

(born 1993), Russian ice hockey player *

Nikita Kuzmin Nikita Kuzmin ( Ukrainian: Нікіта Кузьмін; born 23 December 1997) is a Ukrainian dancer and choreographer. He is best known for being a professional dancer on the RTL and BBC One dance competitions '' Let's Dance'' and ''Strictly Co ...

(born 1997), Ukrainian dancer * Nikita Lytkin (born 1993), Russian serial killer *

Nikita Mazepin Nikita Dmitryevich Mazepin ( rus, Ники́та Дми́триевич Мазе́пин, p=nʲɪˈkʲitə ˈdmʲɪtrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐˈzʲepʲɪn; born 2 March 1999) is a Russian racing driver and motorsport executive, who most recently comp ...

(born 1999), Russian Formula 1 driver *

Nikita Nagornyy Nikita Vladimirovich Nagornyy ( rus, Никита Владимирович Нагорный, , nʲɪˈkʲitə nɐˈɡornɨɪ̯, born 12 February 1997 in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian, r ...

(born 1997), Russian artistic gymnast *

Nikita Nikitin Nikita Aleksandrovich Nikitin ('; born 16 June 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with t ...

(born 1986), Russian ice hockey player * Nikita Odnoralov, Russian musician, lead singer of the band Everfound * Nikita Rochev (born 1992), Belarusian professional footballer *

Nikita Scherbak Nikita Sergeevich Scherbak (; born December 30, 1995) is a Russian professional ice hockey player for EC VSV of the ICE Hockey League. He was selected in the first round, 26th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Scherb ...

(born 1995), Russian ice hockey player *

Nikita Tryamkin Nikita Andreyevich Tryamkin (; born 30 August 1994) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Tryamkin made his KHL debut playing with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg dur ...

(born 1994), Russian ice hockey player * Nikita Soshnikov (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player *

Nikita Rukavytsya Nikita Vadymovych Rukavytsya ( ; ; born 22 June 1987) is a retired professional soccer player. Born in Ukraine, he played for the Australia national team. Early and personal life Rukavytsya was born in Mykolayiv, in the then Ukrainian SSR of ...

(born 1987), Australian football (soccer) player *

Nikita Zadorov Nikita Sergeyevich Zadorov (; born 16 April 1995) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was originally drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the first round, 16th overall, in the ...

(born 1995), Russian ice hockey player * Nikita Skorykh (Nikitonello) (born 2008), Russian blogger, voice actor and dubbing actor. *

Nikita Bedrin Nikita Vyacheslavovich Bedrin (; born 6 January 2006) is a Russian people, Russian racing driver who is racing under an Italian racing license, competing in the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship with Saintéloc Racing. He most recently ...

(born 2006), Russian racing driver *

Nikita Johnson Nikita Johnson (born May 25, 2008) is an American racing driver who is currently competes full-time in the 2025 GB3 Championship with Hitech Pulse-Eight and part-time in the 2025 Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports. He was the 2024 USF Pro 2000 runner ...

(born 2008), American racing driver

Indian name

Nikita Anand Nikita Anand is an Indian actress, model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss India Universe 2003. She represented India at Miss Universe 2003 where she was unplaced, ending India's eleven-year streak of consecutive pla ...

(born 1983), Indian model *

Nikita Thukral Nikita Thukral is an Indian actress and model, who predominantly worked in Kannada cinema, Kannada and Telugu cinema, Telugu films alongside a few Tamil cinema, Tamil and Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. Early life Thukral was born into a Pun ...

(born 1981), South Indian actress *

Nikita Mirzani Nikita Mirzani Mawardi (born 17 March 1985) is an Indonesian actress, model, singer and businessperson. She commenced her television career with an appearance on '' Take Me Out Indonesia'' and made her film debut as an extra in ''Lihat Boleh, P ...

(born 1986), Indonesian actress *

Nikhita Gandhi Nikhita Gandhi (born 1 October 1991) is an Indian playback singer who has worked in Indian films in five different languages. She has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, and Kannada film projects. She sang as the face of Deepika Padukone ...

(born 1991), Indian playback singer *

Nikita Willy Nikita Purnama Willy (born June 29, 1994) is an Indonesian actress, model and singer of Minangkabau descent. Early life Nikita Purnama Willy was born on June 29, 1994, in Jakarta. Career Nikita Willy started her career as an advertising m ...

(born 1994), Indonesian actress and pop singer *

Nikita Dutta Nikita Dutta (born 13 November 1990) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films and television. After participating in Femina Miss India 2012, she made her acting debut with the romantic drama ''Lekar Hum Deewana Dil'' (2014). Dut ...

, Indian actress *

Nikita Gill Nikita Gill is an Irish-Indian poet, playwright, writer and illustrator based in south England. She has written and curated eight volumes of poetry and is one of the most followed poets on Instagram. Life Gill was born in Belfast to Indian pa ...

, British-Indian poet * Nikkita Holder, Canadian track and field athlete * Nikita Rawal, Indian actress *

Nikita Sharma Nikita Sharma is an Indian television actress who primarily works in Television in India, Hindi television. She made her acting debut with ''V The Serial'' portraying Taani in 2013. She earned recognition with her portrayal of Antara Kaul in '' ...

, Indian actress

Other

Nikita Miller Nikita O'Brien Miller (born 16 May 1982) is a West Indian cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies and domestic cricket for Jamaica. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and lower-order batsman. He was the leading wicket ta ...

(born 1982), Jamaican cricketer *

Nikita Parris Nikita Josephine Parris (born 10 March 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion and the England women ...

(born 1994), English football (soccer) player * Nykita Joy, American internet celebrity, model, and makeup artist *

Nikita Dragun Nikita Nguyen (born January 31, 1996), known professionally as Nikita Dragun, is an American internet personality, YouTuber, make-up artist, and model. Early life and education Nguyen was born on January 31, 1996 in Belgium and raised in Sprin ...

(born 1996), American Internet personality, make-up artist, and model

Pseudonyms

*Nikita, former ring name of

Katarina Waters Katarina Leigh Waters (born 10 November 1980) is a German-born English American retired professional wrestler and actress. She is best known for her time with Impact Wrestling under the ring names Katarina or Winter and for her time in WWE under ...

, British professional wrestler * Nikita (swimmer) (born 1947), João Reynaldo Costa Lima Neto, Brazilian swimmer

Fictional characters

Nikita the Tanner Nikita the Tanner, also Nikita Kozhemyaka or Mykyta Kozhumyaka (, ) is an Eastern European fairy tale set in Kyiv. The main character is an East Slavic folk hero ( bogatyr), a character from a legend. In some sources he is called ''Kirill'' or ...

, character in East Slavic folklore *Nikita, the main character in the 1990 action thriller film '' La Femme Nikita'', **The main character in the television series '' La Femme Nikita'', adapted from the above film ** Nikita Mears, the main character in the television series ''Nikita'', adapted from the above film *Nikita Dragovich, the main antagonist in '' Call of Duty: Black Ops'' *Nikki (the shortened version of Nikita) is the name of the fourth child of the Singh family in ''

Best of Luck Nikki ''Best of Luck Nikki'' is an Indian sitcom that originally aired on Disney Channel from 3 April 2011 to 16 April 2016. The series is the official Indian adaptation of the American series '' Good Luck Charlie,'' with a similar plot. The adapta ...

'', the Indian adaptation of Disney's American sitcom ''

Good Luck Charlie ''Good Luck Charlie'' is an American sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from April 4, 2010, to February 16, 2014. It focuses on the Duncan family of Denver as they adjust to the births of their fourth and later fifth children, Charlotte "Char ...

'' *Nikita Reizner, character in the

VOCALOID is a singing Speech synthesis, voice synthesizer software product. Its signal processing part was developed through a joint research project between Yamaha Corporation and the Music Technology Group at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. The s ...

song series Parties are for Losers

References

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