Nikos (, ''Níkos'') is a

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 ...

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. It originates from

''Nikolaos'', which means "victory of the people".Liddell & Scott, Abridged Greek Lexicon Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of the original

Nikolaos Nikolaos (, ') is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη '' nikē'' 'victory' and λαός laos' 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English form is Nicholas. I ...

(Greek) or

Nicholas Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...

(English).

People

Nikos Alefantos Nikos Alefantos (, 3 January 1939 – 23 June 2020) was a Greek professional footballer and football coach. He is regarded as one of the most innovative football managers of the 20th century, known in Greece for his phlegmatic personality, sho ...

, Greek football coach * Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV host *

Nikos Anastopoulos Nikos Anastopoulos (; born 22 January 1958) is a Greek former footballer and manager. He was one the most prolific strikers in the Greek league during the 1980s and is widely regarded as one of the best players in the history of Greek footb ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Arabatzis, Greek footballer * Nikos Argiropoulos, Greek basketball player * Nikos Babaniotis, Greek footballer * Nikos Barboudis, Greek footballer * Nikos Barlos, Greek basketball player * Nikos Beloyannis, Greek communist and resistance leader * Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player * Nikos Boutzikos, Greek footballer * Nikos Christodoulou, Greek conductor and composer *

Nikos Christodoulides Nikos Christodoulides (; born 6 December 1973) is a Cypriot politician, diplomat, and academic who has served as the 8th President of Cyprus since 2023. He previously served as Government Spokesman from 2014 to 2018 and List of Ministers of Fore ...

, Greek Cypriot politician * Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer * Nikos Dimitrakos, American ice-hockey player * Nikos Dimou, Greek writer * Nikos Ekonomou, Greek basketball player * Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet * Nikos Filippou, Greek basketball player * Nick Galis, Greek basketball player * Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet * Nikos Ghalas, Greek footballer * Nikos Gkonis, Greek upcoming doctor *

Nikos Gounaris Nikos Gounaris (; Zagora, 1915 – 5 May 1965 in Athens) was a Greek tenor who was enormously popular as a "pop" singer in the 1950s. Biography Gounaris began playing the mandolin at the age of four. He attended the musical Conservatory of Mu ...

, Greek singer and songwriter *

Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (; February 26, 1906 – September 3, 1994), also known as Nikos Ghika, was a leading Greek painter, sculptor, engraver, writer and academic. He was a founding member of the Association of Greek Art Critics, AICA-Hellas, ...

, Greek artist, writer and academic *

Nikos Hadjinikolaou Nikos Chatzinikolaou () also spelled as Hatzinikolaou, Hatzinicolaou,Chatzinikolaou or Hadjinikolaou (born 1962 in Alexandroupoli) is a Greek journalist and media entrepreneur. Biography Chatzinikolaou studied at Panteion University without r ...

, Greek journalist * Nikos Hatzis, Greek basketball player * Nikos Hatzivrettas, Greek basketball player * Nikos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer and sailor * Nikos Kaklamanos, Greek basketball player * Nikos Kalafatis, Greek footballer * Nikos Kalokairis, Greek footballer * Nikos Karageorgiou, Greek footballer *

Nikos Karouzos Nikos Karouzos () was a Greek modernist poet. He was born in Nafplion on 17 July 1926 and died in Athens on 28 September 1990. He published his first poems in 1949. He also wrote literary criticism and essays on the theatre Theatre or ...

, Greek poet * Nikos Karvelas, Greek songwriter and singer * Nikos Katsavakis, Greek footballer *

Nikos Kazantzakis Nikos Kazantzakis (; ; 2 March (Old Style and New Style dates, OS 18 February) 188326 October 1957) was a Greeks, Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominate ...

, Greek writer and philosopher * Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer * Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician * Nikos Kostakis, Greek footballer * Nikos Kostenoglou, Greek footballer *

Nikos Koundouros Nikos Koundouros ( ; 15 December 1926 – 22 February 2017) was a Greek film director. Biography Koundouros was born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, in 1926. He studied painting and sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts. During the war he was a ...

, Greek film director * Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor * Nikos Krotsidhas, Greek footballer * Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer * Nikos Lorentzos, Greek informatics professor * Nikos Machlas, Greek footballer * Nikos Mastorakis, Greek filmmaker and radio producer * Nikos Mihas, Greek singer and songwriter * Nikos Nicolaides, Greek painter and writer * Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1973), Cypriot midfielder * Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1978), Cypriot defender *

Nikos Nikolaidis Nikos Georgiou Nikolaidis (; 25 October 1939 – 5 September 2007) was a Greek film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, theatre director, assistant director, record producer, television director, and commercial director. He is usually ...

, Greek director and a writer * Nikos Nikolaou, Greek artist * Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer *

Nikos Nisiotis Nikolaos "Nikos" A. Nissiotis (alternate spelling: Nisiotis) (Greek language, Greek: Νικόλαος "Νίκος" A. Νησιώτης; 21 May 1924 – 18 August 1986) was a Greece, Greek theologian, philosopher, university professor, and basketb ...

, Greek basketball coach * Nikos Pantidos, Greek footballer * Nikos Papadopoulos, several people of that name * Nikos Papanikolaou, Greek basketball player * Nikos Papatakis, Greek film director * Nikos Pateras, Greek ship magnate * Nikos Perakis, Greek writer and film director * Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek communist and resistance fighter * Nikos Poulantzas, Greco-French political sociologist * Nikos Rizos, Greek actor * Nikos Sampson, Cypriot coup d'état president * Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer * Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor * Nikos Skalkottas, Greek composer * Nikos Skarmoutsos, Greek footballer * Nikos Spiropoulos, Greek footballer * Nikos Stavropoulos, Greek basketball player * Nikos Tselios, Irish-American ice hockey player *

Nikos Tsiantakis Nikos Tsiantakis (, born 20 October 1963) is a Greek former football midfielder. Club career Tsiantakis most prominently played for Panionios and Olympiacos. In the summer of 1994 he moved to Aris, playing for various Greek teams before reti ...

, Greek footballer * Nikos Tsiforos, Greek writer and film director *

Nikos Tzogias Nikos Tzogias (, 1921 – 1 March 1996) was a Greek film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1949 and 1987. Selected filmography * ''Anthropos yia oles tis doulies'' (1966) .... Stefanos * ''Phaedra (film), Phaedra'' (1962) .... Felere ...

, Greek actor * Nikos Vakalis, Greek politician * Nikos Vertis, Greek singer * Nikos Voutsis, Greek politician * Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor * Nikos Xanthoulis, Greek musician and composer * Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer and songwriter * Nikos Xydakis (journalist), Greek journalist and politician * Nikos Xydakis (musician), Greek songwriter, pianist and singer * Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician * Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player

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Nikos Nikos (, ''Níkos'') is a Greek given name. It originates from Greek ''Nikolaos'', which means "victory of the people".Liddell & Scott, Abridged Greek Lexicon Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of the original ...

, a fictional character on ''EastEnders'' *Pyrrha Nikos, a fictional character from the American web series ''

RWBY ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American Anime-influenced animation, animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors ("Huntsmen" and "Huntres ...

Other

*Nikos, international underwear and accessories company. * '' Nikos the Impaler'', a b-grade splatter film (2003) *, a Panamanian cargo ship in service under this name in 1970

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