Niccolò

Niccolò is an Italian male given name, derived from the Greek Nikolaos meaning "Victor of people" or "People's champion". There are several male variations of the name: Nicolò, Niccolò, Nicolas, and Nicola. The female equivalent is Nicole. The female diminutive Nicoletta is used although seldom. Rarely, the letter "C" can be followed by a "H" (ex. Nicholas). As the letter "K" is not part of the Italian alphabet, versions where "C" is replaced by "K" are even rarer.

People with the name include:

In literature:
 * Niccolò Ammaniti, Italian writer
 * Niccolò Machiavelli, political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright
 * Niccolò Massa, Italian anatomist who wrote an early anatomy text Anatomiae Libri Introductorius in 1536

In music:
 * Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer and pianist
 * Niccolò da Perugia, Italian composer of the trecento
 * Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer
 * Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist, violist, guitarist and composer
 * Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer of classical music and opera
 * Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, composer

In Mannerism:


 * Niccolò dell'Abbate, Italian Mannerist painter and decorator
 * Niccolò Tribolo, Florentine Mannerist artist in the service of Cosimo I de' Medici

In other fields:


 * Niccolò Alamanni, Roman antiquary of Greek origin
 * Niccolò Cacciatore, Italian astronomer
 * Niccolò Canepa, Genovese motorcycle racer, competing in MotoGP with Ducati, 2007 Superstock 1000 F.I.M. Cup world champion
 * Niccolò Da Conti, Venetian merchant and explorer
 * Niccolò Matas, Italian architect
 * Niccolò de' Niccoli, Italian Renaissance humanist
 * Niccolò Piccinino, Italian condottiero
 * Niccolò Polo, Venetian merchant and explorer, father of Marco Polo.
 * Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, mathematician
 * Niccolò II and Niccolò III d'Este, rulers of Ferrara

Fictional characters;
 * Nicholas de Fleury, central character in The House of Niccolò series of books by Dorothy Dunnett
 * Niccolò 'Nico' di Angelo, main supporting character in Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series by Rick Riordan