Nikos

Nikos (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.
 * Nikos the Impaler, a b-grade splatter film (2003)
 * MV Nikos (1935), a Panamanian cargo ship in service under this name in 1970