Nikos
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Nikos is a common given name
in Greece
and Cyprus
. It originates from Greek
Nikolaos, which means "victory of the people". Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of the original Nikolaos (Greek) or Nicholas
(English).
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
. It originates from Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
Nikolaos, which means "victory of the people". Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of the original Nikolaos (Greek) or Nicholas
Nicholas
Nicholas or Nikolas is a male given name, derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος , a combination of the words for "victory" and "people" . The name can be understood to mean victory of the people or "power of the people"...
(English).
Famous people named Nikos
- Nikos AlefantosNikos AlefantosNikolaos Alefantos also known with the nickname "Kyr-Nikos", is a Greek football coach. He is well-known in Greece as a cult figure, due to his temperamental style, frequent use of harsh language and controversial views on coaching...
, Greek football coach - Nikos AliagasNikos AliagasNikos Aliagas is a Greek-born French host of the French music reality program named Star Academy. One of his parents came from the area of Stamna in the prefecture of Aitoloacarnania in Greece. He speaks five languages including English...
, Greek TV host - Nikos AnastopoulosNikos AnastopoulosNikos Anastopoulos is a Greek former football player, one of the most prolific strikers in the Greek league during the late 1970s and the 1980s. With 29 goals he is the all time highest scorer for the Greek national football team. Since retiring as a player he has become a football manager...
, Greek footballer - Nikos ArabatzisNikos ArabatzisNikos Arabatzis is a Greek footballer currently playing for Larissa in the Football League. He usually plays as a right defender but past coaches have also used him as a right midfielder, making him a modern full-back...
, Greek footballer - Nikos ArgiropoulosNikos ArgiropoulosNikos Argyropoulos is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.88 m tall and he plays at the point guard position.-Pro career:...
, Greek basketball player - Nikos BabaniotisNikos BabaniotisNikos Babaniotis is a professional football goalkeeper currently playing for Panetolikos in the Greek Superleague.-International caps:...
, Greek footballer - Nikos BarboudisNikos BarboudisNikolaos Barboudis is a Romanian-born Greek football player who plays as a right back for Panthrakikos in the Beta Ethniki on loan from AEK Athens F.C.. His uncle, Mihai Neşu, is also a football player, currently playing for FC Utrecht in Eredivisie.-References:...
, Greek footballer - Nikos BarlosNikos BarlosNikolaos "Nikos" Barlos is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.03 m in height. He can play at both the small forward and power forward positions.-Pro career:Barlos won the Greek A2 League championship with Apollon Patras in 2003...
, Greek basketball player - Nikos BeloyannisNikos BeloyannisNikos Beloyannis was a Greek resistance leader and leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party. He was born in Amalias in 1915...
, Greek communist and resistance leader - Nikos BoudourisNikos BoudourisNikolaos "Nikos" Boudouris is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He started his career with the youth team of Olympiakos Volou BC...
, Greek basketball player - Nikos BoutzikosNikos BoutzikosNikos Boutzikos is a young Greek footballer who plays for Panthrakikos F.C. in the Football League....
, Greek footballer - Nikos ChristodoulouNikos ChristodoulouNikos Christodoulou is a Greek conductor and composer. Among other symphonic works he conducts Skalkottas, which he has recorded. He also conducts opera.-External links:*...
, Greek conductor and composer - Nikos DabizasNikos DabizasNikolaos "Nikos" Dabizas is a retired Greek professional footballer and former Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and Larissa defender . He was also in Greece's 2004 European Football Championship winning squad....
, Greek footballer - Nikos DimitrakosNiko DimitrakosNicholas Dimitrakos is a Greek-American professional ice hockey right winger, currently signed with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on a 25 game PTO contract.-Playing career:...
, American ice-hockey player - Nikos DimouNikos DimouNikos Dimou, born in 1935 in Athens, is a Greek writer. He has worked in advertising and as a columnist for magazines and newspapers.- Biography :...
, Greek writer - Nikos EkonomouNikos EkonomouNikos Ekonomou is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was a power forward, who played for many teams in his career. He also runs Basket4All, a basketball camp for young children.- Basketball career :...
, Greek basketball player - Nikos EngonopoulosNikos EngonopoulosNikos Engonopoulos was a modern Greek painter and poet. He is one of the most important members of the Greek Generation of the '30s as well as a major representative of the surrealistic movement in Greece...
, Greek painter and poet - Nikos FilippouNikos FilippouNikos Filippou is a retired Greek professional basketball player.He played for Aris winning 8 Greek Championships and 5 Greek Cups...
, Greek basketball player - Nikos Florentzos, Greek actuary
- Nick GalisNick GalisNikolaos Georgalis , commonly known as either Nikos Galis , or Nick Galis , is a retired Greek professional basketball player...
, Greek basketball player - Nikos GatsosNikos Gatsos-Biography:Nikos Gatsos was born in 1911 in Asea in Arcadia, a district of the Peloponnese, where he finished primary school . He attended high school in Tripoli, where he became acquainted with literature and foreign languages. Afterwards, he moved to Athens, where he studied literature,...
, Greek poet - Nikos GhalasNikos GhalasNikos Galas is a Greek football player who plays for Kalloni Lekanopedio F.C.. He plays as a midfielder.-Club career:...
, Greek footballer - Nikos GounarisNikos Gounaris-Biography:Gounaris began playing the mandolin at the age of four. He attended the musical Conservatory of Music in Athens.Gounaris was a Greek Elafró singer and among the foremost Greek composers and musicians of the 1950s and 1960s. He was especially popular in the Greek community in America...
, Greek singer and songwriter - Nikos Hadjikyriakos-GhikasNikos Hadjikyriakos-GhikasNikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas was a leading Greek painter, sculptor, engraver, iconographer, writer and academic...
, Greek artist, writer and academic - Nikos HadjinikolaouNikos HadjinikolaouNikos Hatzinikolaou , , also spelled as Hatzinicolaou and Chatzinikolaou is a Greek journalist. He studied at Panteion University without receiving his university degree...
, Greek journalist - Nikos HatzisNikos HatzisNikolaos "Nikos" Hatzis AKA Nikolaos "Nikos" Chatzis is a Greek professional basketball player...
, Greek basketball player - Nikos HatzivrettasNikos HatzivrettasNikolaos "Nikos" Hatzivrettas is a Greek professional basketball player. Hatzivrettas is 1.97 m tall. He plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions...
, Greek basketball player - Nikos KaklamanakisNikolaos KaklamanakisNikolaos "Nikos" Kaklamanakis is the Greek Gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
, Greek windsurfer and sailer - Nikos KaklamanosNikos KaklamanosNikos Kaklamanos is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.89 m in height. He plays at both the point guard and shooting guard positions.-Pro career:...
, Greek basketball player - Nikos KalafatisNikos KalafatisNikos Kalafatis is a Greek football player who plays for Anagennisi Giannitsa F.C. in the Gamma Ethniki.-References:...
, Greek footballer - Nikos KalokairisNikos KalokairisNikos Kalokairis is a professional football defender who is currently playing for Tilikratis Lefkada. Kalokairis previously played for Panetolikos in the Greek Beta Ethniki.- References :...
, Greek footballer - Nikos KarageorgiouNikos KarageorgiouNikos Karageorgiou is the manager of Greek sports club Ergotelis.As a football player he was a member of Eratino Kavala , AO Kavala , PAOK , Panathinaikos and Skoda Xanthi...
, Greek footballer - Nikos KarouzosNikos KarouzosGiannakis 'Ioannis' Okkas is a Cypriot football striker. He currently plays for Anorthosis Famagusta FC. He is also the captain of the Cyprus national football team.- International career :...
, Greek poet - Nikos KarvelasNikos KarvelasNikos Karvelas is a Greek songwriter, producer and singer. He has sold millions of records as a producer and is most recognizable for his three-decade-long collaboration with Anna Vissi, while some of his other well-known collaborations include Sakis Rouvas. Karvelas has released multiple...
, Greek songwriter and singer - Nikos KatsavakisNikos KatsavakisNikolaos Katsavakis is a Greek footballer. He is currently playing as a defender for Apollon Limassol.His father Makis is a football trainer.Nikos Katsavakis has 2 caps with the Cyprus national football team-Career:...
, Greek footballer - Nikos KazantzakisNikos KazantzakisNikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer and philosopher, celebrated for his novel Zorba the Greek, considered his magnum opus...
, Greek writer and philosopher - Nikos KavvadiasNikos KavvadiasNikos Kavvadias was a Greek poet and writer; currently one of the most popular poets in Greece, who used his travels around the world as a sailor, and life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people outside the boundaries of reality.- Early life and...
, Greek poet and writer - Nikos KonstantopoulosNikos KonstantopoulosNikos Konstantopoulos is a Greek politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament and former president of the left-wing Synaspismos.Born in 1942 in the village of Krestena, near Olympia, Konstantopoulos studied law in the University of Athens...
, Greek politician - Nikos KostakisNikos KostakisNiko Kostakis, , born 16 February 1973 in Athens, Greece, is a professional football goalkeeper, currently playing for Thrasivoulos Filis F.C. in the Greek second division...
, Greek footballer - Nikos KostenoglouNikos KostenoglouNikolaos "Nikos" Kostenoglou is a former Greek football player and current football manager of Greek club AEK Athens F.C..Kostenoglou started his career as a football player at Xanthi FC the year 1989, and was transferred in 1994 at AEK....
, Greek footballer - Nikos KoundourosNikos KoundourosNikos Koundouros , is a Greek film director, born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete in 1926.He studied painting and sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts, and was later exiled because of his political beliefs to the Makronissos island. At the age of 28 he decided to follow a career in cinematography...
, Greek film director - Nikos KourkoulosNikos KourkoulosNikos Kourkoulos was a highly respected Greek theatrical and film performer, one of the most talented and recognizable actors in Greece of modern times...
, Greek actor - Nikos KrotsidhasNikos KrotsidhasNikos Krotsidhas is a Greek football player who plays for Aiolikos.He previously played for Aiolikos in the Gama Ethniki.-References:...
, Greek footballer
- Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
- Nikos LorentzosNikos LorentzosNikos Lorentzos is a Greek professor of Informatics. He is a specialist on the Relational Model of Database Management, having made significant contributions in the field of temporal databases, where he has co-authored an important book with Hugh Darwen and Christopher J Date.- Bibliography : , . ...
, Greek informatics professor - Nikos MachlasNikos MachlasNikolaos Machlas is a Greek retired footballer and now chairman of OFI Crete. He finished his career as a striker for Cypriot team APOEL.-Club career:...
, Greek footballer - Nikos MastorakisNico MastorakisNico Mastorakis is a Greek Z movie filmmaker, director and radio producer.-Early career:At the age of 18 Mastorakis as a young reporter with the Greek newspaper "Ethnikos Kirikas" scored his first international scoop, an exclusive interview with the exiled Princess Soraya...
, Greek filmmaker and radio producer - Nikos MihasNikos MihasNikos Mihas is a Greek singer-songwriter representing the new age of Greek rock stars by performing songs with power and electronic sounds. He writes most of his songs on his own.-Early life:...
, Greek singer and songwriter - Nikos NicolaidesNicos NicolaidesNicos Nicolaides was a Greek painter and writer.-Early life:Nicolaides born the son of poor parents in Nicosia, Cyprus on the April 3, 1884. A sister, Maria, followed him two years later. He was only six or seven when their parents died, one after another. Their maternal aunt took charge of the...
, Greek painter and writer - Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1973)Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1973)Nicos Nicolaou is a Cypriot manager and former player, best known for his years with Anorthosis. Nicolaou retired from professional football at the end of the season 2008-2009, and immediately was added to the coaching stuff as assistant coach...
, Cypriot midfielder - Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1978)Nikos Nicolaou (footballer born 1978)Nikos Nicolaou born 28 June 1978 in Cyprus is a Cypriot football defender who last played for Nea Salamis Famagusta. He should not be confused with his namesake that played for Anorthosis Famagusta.-External links:...
, Cypriot defender - Nikos NikolaidisNikos NikolaidisNikos Nikolaidis was a Greek film director and a writer.Nikolaidis was born in 1939 in Athens, where he lived and worked all his life. He was also script writer and producer of movies which he directed. For a part of his time he produced television commercials...
, Greek director and a writer - Nikos NikolaouNikos NikolaouNikos Nikolaou was a major figure in Greek art during the 20th century.In 1929 Nikolaou is admitted into the Athens School of Fine Arts where he studied under Konstantinos Parthenis and Umbertos Argyros....
, Greek artist - Nikos NiopliasNikos NiopliasNikolaos "Nikos" Nioplias , born on 17 January 1965 is a Greek football manager and former international footballer. He currently manages the Cyprus national football team.-Club career:...
, Greek footballer - Nikos NisiotisNikos NisiotisNikos Nisiotis was a Greek professional basketball coach. He was the famous head coach of the Greek League club Panellinios during its famous golden era. Nisiotis is largely credited with developing the sport of basketball in Greece during the 1930s and 1940s. He is a member of the Greek Basketball...
, Greek basketball coach - Nikos PantidosNikos PantidosNikos Pantidos is a young Greek footballer currently playing for Panathinaikos FC and Greece U-17. He started playing football at Ethnikos academy in Pallini...
, Greek footballer - Nikos PapadakisNikos PapadakisNikos Papadakis is a Greek male model and television presenter. He was born on the island of Crete in 1971A former naval petty officer he was the winner of the Manhunt International 1994. Papadakis was the co-presenter, alongside with the Greek fashion model Niki Kartsona, of the weekly television...
, Greek fashion model and TV presenter - Nikos PapadopoulosNikos PapadopoulosNikos Papadopoulos is a Swedish Social Democrat politician, born in Greece.Papadopoulos was born in a small village near Kavala, Greece, in 1939. His grandfather was a member of the Greek parliament, and as a consequence, their house was always open. Nikos claims that these childhood experiences...
, Greek-born Swedish politician - Nikos PapanikolaouNikos PapanikolaouNikos Papanikolaou is a Greek professional basketball player. He is currently playing in the Greek Basketball League for Rethymno. He has previously played from AEK Athens B.C., Peristeri B.C. and Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C.-References:...
, Greek basketball player - Nikos Papatakis, Greek film director
- Nikos PaterasNikos PaterasNikos Pateras is a Greek major shipping magnate and president and shareholder of Panathinaikos FC.-References:...
, Greek ship magnate - Nikos PerakisNikos PerakisNikos Perakis is a Greek writer and film director. He has studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Munich. At that time he worked as a set and costume designer...
, Greek writer and film director - Nikos PloumpidisNikos PloumpidisNikos Ploumpidis was a leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party and a famous member of the wartime anti-Nazi resistance.The son of a poor farming family, he was born in Arcadian Langadia...
, Greek communist and resistance fighter - Nikos PoulantzasNicos PoulantzasNicos Poulantzas was a Greek Marxist political sociologist. In the 1970s, Poulantzas was known, along with Louis Althusser, as a leading Structural Marxist and, while at first a Leninist, eventually became a proponent of eurocommunism. He is most well known for his theoretical work on the state...
, Greco-French political sociologist - Nikos RizosNikos RizosNikos Rizos was a Greek actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. He married Elsa Rizou and raised a son.-Career:He began his career with the classic film Anthropoi, anthropoiPeople, People in 1948 at the Metropolitan Theatre, made his own company in 1959 which he co-ran from 1961 as...
, Greek actor - Nikos SampsonNikos SampsonNikos Sampson was the de facto president of Cyprus who succeeded Archbishop Makarios, President of Cyprus, in 1974. Sampson was a journalist and a member of EOKA, which rose against the British colonial administration, seeking Enosis of the island of Cyprus with Greece...
, Cypriot coup d'état president - Nikos SarganisNikos SarganisNikos Sarganis is a legendary Greek retired football goalkeeper.Born on 15 January 1954, in Rafina, Attica, Sarganis started his football career as a fullback at Ilisiakos...
, Greek footballer - Nikos SergianopoulosNikos SergianopoulosNikos Sergianopoulos , surname also spelled as Seryanopoulos or Seryiannopoulos, was a Greek actor.-Early life and career:Born in Drama, Greece, he graduated from the State Theater of Northern Greece and was a founding member of the Piramatiki Skini Tehnis artwork club in Thessaloniki...
, Greek actor - Nikos SkalkottasNikolaos SkalkottasNikos Skalkottas was one of the most important Greek composers of 20th-century music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek tradition....
, Greek composer - Nikos SkarmoutsosNikos SkarmoutsosNikos Skarmoutsos is a professional football forward, currently playing for P.A.O.K.Glyfadas in the Delta Ethniki. -References:...
, Greek footballer - Nikos SpiropoulosNikos SpiropoulosNikolaos "Nikos" Spyropoulos is a Greek professional football player, currently playing for Panathinaikos FC in the Super League Greece....
, Greek footballer - Nikos StavropoulosNikos StavropoulosNikos "Magic" Stavropoulos , aka Professor Nicholas "Magic" Stavropoulos, is a former professional Greek professional basketball player that played for Gymnastikos S. Larissas, PAOK BC, and Iraklis BC at the pro club level in Greece's A1 Ethniki basketball league. He began his career with his local...
, Greek basketball player - Nikos TseliosNikos TseliosNikos Tselios is a former American professional ice hockey defenseman. Tselios was the first draft pick in the Carolina Hurricanes history when he was selected 22nd overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:...
, Irish-American ice hockey player - Nikos TsiantakisNikos TsiantakisNikolaos "Nikos" Tsiantakis is a retired Greek football midfielder.He most prominently played for Panionios NFC and Olympiacos. His appearance at the 1994 World Cup rounded off his national team career, which lasted from 1988 to 1994, giving him 47 caps and 2 international goals...
, Greek footballer - Nikos TsiforosNikos TsiforosNikos Tsiforos was a Greek screenwriter and film director. He wrote 64 films between 1948 and 1970. He also directed 17 films between 1948 and 1961.-Biography:...
, Greek writer and film director - Nikos TzogiasNikos TzogiasNikos Tzogias was a Greek film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1949 and 1987.-Selected filmography:* Anthropos yia oles tis doulies .... Stefanos* Dead City .... Petros...
, Greek actor - Nikos VakalisNikos VakalisNikos Vakalis, Member of the European Parliament was born December, 1939. He studied Physics with a scholarship at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He served as a reservist officer in the Artillery. He founded the Frontistirio Vakalis in 1967...
, Greek politician - Nikos VertisNikos VertisNikolaos Vertis is a popular Greek singer who was born in Gorinchem, Netherlands. To date, he has released five studio albums along with one CD single, and two special edition CD/DVD albums.-Early life:...
, Greek singer - Nikos XanthopoulosNikos XanthopoulosNikos Xanthopoulos is a Greek actor, known for his roles in the sixties era Greek Drama Cinema. He was also a singer of Greek folk bouzouki, having released many albums and singles. He is known as "the child of the folk" mainly for his appeal in the lower working classes...
, Greek actor - Nikos XanthoulisNikos XanthoulisNikos Xanthoulis is a Greek composer and trumpeter.- Distinction :*Principal trumpet player in the Greek National Opera *Professor of trumpet, Harmony and counterpoint in the Athens Conservatory *Tutor of the Greek Open University...
, Greek musician and composer - Nikos XilourisNikos XilourisNikos Xylouris , nicknamed Psaronikos , was a Greek composer and singer from thevillage of Anogeia in Crete and also the older brother of two other great musicians of Cretan music, Antonis Xylouris or Psarantonis and Yiannis Xylouris or...
, Greek singer and songwriter - Nikos XydakisNikos XydakisNikos Xydakis, in Greek Νίκος Ξυδάκης) is a Greek composer, pianist and singer. Born in Cairo, Egypt, he immigrated with his family to Greece in 1963. Much of his music has its root in theatrical music....
, Greek songwriter, pianist and singer - Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician
- Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player