Nikos

Nikos (Greek: Νίκος, Níkos) is a Greek given name. 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).

People

• Nikos Alefantos, Greek football coach
• Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV host
• Nikos Anastopoulos, 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, 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, Greek singer and songwriter
• Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas, Greek artist, writer and academic
• Nikos Hadjinikolaou, 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, Greek poet
• Nikos Karvelas, Greek songwriter and singer
• Nikos Katsavakis, Greek footballer
• Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer and philosopher
• Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer
• Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician
• Nikos Kostakis, Greek footballer
• Nikos Kostenoglou, Greek footballer
• Nikos Koundouros, 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, Greek director and a writer
• Nikos Nikolaou, Greek artist
• Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer
• Nikos Nisiotis, 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, Greek footballer
• Nikos Tsiforos, Greek writer and film director
• Nikos Tzogias, 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

Fictional characters

• Nikos, a fictional character on EastEnders
• Pyrrha Nikos, a fictional character from the American web series RWBY

Other

• Nikos, international underwear and accessories company.[1]
• Nikos the Impaler, a b-grade splatter film (2003)
• MV Nikos (1935), a Panamanian cargo ship in service under this name in 1970

See also

• Nico
• Nico (given name)
• Nicos