Nikolaos
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| name = Nikolaos
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| pronunciation = {{IPA|el|niˈkolaos|lang}}
| gender = Male
| meaning = conquer people
| region = Greece
| language = Greek
| origin = Greek
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| related names = Nicholas, Nicolas, Niccolò, Nikolay/Nikolaj/Nicolay/Nicolae, Nicola/Nikola/Nikolla, Nikollë, Nicole/Nicolle/Nichole, Nico, Niko, Nikos, Nikita, Nicanor
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| derived = νίκη nikē 'victory' and λαός laos 'people'
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Nikolaos ({{langx|el|Νικόλαος}}, [https://www.20000-names.com/male_n_names_2.htm Nikólaos]) is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη nikē 'victory' and λαός [https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/deucalion_greek_mythology laos] 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English form 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.
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.
See also
- Nikos, the diminutive form of the name
- Nikol
- Nikolaus (given name)
- Nicholas for use of the name in English
- Agios Nikolaos, various places in Greece and Cyprus
- Niccolò
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