Nikolaos is a boy's name of French origin meaning “Victor of People.” In 2024 it was given to 47 boys in the United States.
Nikolaos at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
French · Greek
Meaning
“Victor of People”
About the name Nikolaos
Nikolaos belongs to the French and Greek tradition. Its meaning — “Victor of People” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Nikolaos first appears in Social Security records in 1962. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1348 in 1979, and in 2024 47 babies received the name — 2,020 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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