Nikita (name)
Nikita is a unisex name, historically masculine from Russian and related languages. The Ukrainian version is Mykyta (Ukrainian pronunciation: [mɪkɪtɑ]),[1] and the Belarusian version is Mikita (Belarusian pronunciation: [mɪkɪtɑ]), but Nikita also appears in both countries. All are derived from the Greek Niketas (Νικήτας) meaning "victorious". Beginning in the 20th century, it was adopted for female children in some countries such as France but remains strictly masculine in Russia and other countries of eastern Europe.
Notable bearers
- Prince Nikita of Russia
- Prince Nikita Romanov, son of HH Prince Nikita
- Nikita Simonyan - Soviet footballer of Armenian descent
- Nikita Anand, Indian model
- Nikita Filatov, Russian professional ice hockey player
- Nikita Katsalapov, Russian ice dancer
- Nikita Koloff, former American wrestler
- Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), General Secretary and Premier of the Soviet Union during the 1950s and 1960s
- Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian filmmaker and actor
- Nikita Odnoralov, Russian musician, lead singer of the band Everfound
- Nikita Rukavytsya, A-league football (soccer) player in Australia for Perth Glory
- Nikita Russian, the perpetrator of a con committed in 2002
- Nikita Thukral, South Indian actress
- Nikita, British professional wrestler with the real name Katarina Waters, now wrestling as "Katie Lea"
- Nikita Willy, an Indonesian actress and pop singer who won the Kids Choice Awards and the Panasonic Awards both for being the Most Favorite Actress
Fictional Nikitas
See also
References
- ^ Mykyta. BehindtheName.com. Accessed 2011-05-29.