Nikolaos

Nikolaos
Pronunciation	Greek: [niˈkolaos]
Gender	Male
Language	Greek
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	conquer people
Region of origin	Greece
Other names
Derived	νίκη nikē 'victory' and λαός laos 'people'
Related names	Nicholas, Nicolas, Niccolò, Nikolay/Nikolaj/Nicolay/Nicolae, Niklaus, Nicola/Nikola/Nikolla, Nikollë, Nicole/Nicolle/Nichole, Nico, Niko, Nikos, Nikita, Nicanor

Nikolaos (Greek: Νικόλαος, Nikólaos) is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People",^{[citation needed]} a compound of níkē (νίκη, "victory") and laós (λαός, "people"). The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people".^{[citation needed]} The English form of the same name—via French and Latin—is Nicholas. In the Bible, this is the name of a proselyte of Antioch and one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem.^[who?]

People with first name Nikolaos

In sports:

Nikolaos Andreadakis, Greek athlete
Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Greek gymnast
Nikolaos Balanos, Greek architect
Nikolaos Dorakis, Greek shooter
Nikolaos Georgantas (1880-1958), Greek athlete
Nikolaos Georgeas, former Greek football player who last played for AEK Athens FC
Nikolaos Giantsopoulos (born 1994), Canadian soccer player
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics
Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter
Nikolaos Lyberopoulos (b. 1975), Greek football player
Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek professional football player
Nikolaos Efthimiou (1990-1993), Greek football athlete for AEK then the Dallas Sidekicks for 1993-1999
Nikolaos Morakis, Greek shooter
Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver who competed in the synchronised 3-metre springboard competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Nikolaos Stamatonikolos, Greek Long jumper
Nicolaos Trikupis, Greek Shooter, Politician, and Army General
Nikolaos Tsiantakis (b. 1963), retired Greek football midfielder

In other fields:

Saint Nicholas, known to the Greeks as Saint Nikolaos
Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark (b. 1969)
Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros (1795-1872), Greek composer
Nikolaos Damaskenos, Syrian historian and philosopher in the Augustan age of the Roman Empire
Nikolaos Douvas, (b. 1947), former Chief of Staff of the Hellenic Army
Nikolaos Kavadias (1910–1975), Greek poet and writer
Nikolaos Makarezos (1919-2009), Greek army general
Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795-1872), Greek composer
Nikolaos Mavrogenis (d. 1790), Phanariote Prince of Wallachia
Nikolaos Oikonomides (1934-2000), notable Greek Byzantinist
Nikolaos Plastiras (1883-1953), General of the Greek army
Nikolaos Sifounakis, (b. 1949), Greek politician
Nikolaos Skoufas (1779-1818), member of Filiki Eteria
Nikolaos Trikoupis, Major General with the Greek Army during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922
Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos (1826-1909), Greek painter
Nikolaos Zachariadis (1903-1973), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece

In fiction:

Nikolaos is the Master Vampire of the City of St. Louis in Laurell K. Hamilton's novel Guilty Pleasures.

People with first name Nikolaos

See also