Nikolaos
Nikolaos (Greek: Νικόλαος) is a common Greek first name which some believe means " victory of the people", Nikolaos means "victorious over the people" . Composed from Niko (stemming from the Greek word "Niki" for victory a female Greek first name) and Laos (the Greek word for people). In addition, Laos originates from the greek root "-las", as found in word "λα-τομείο" meaning stone. (In Greek mythology Deucalion and Pyrrha re-created the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic deluge, by throwing stones over their shoulders while they kept marching on). The name of these stones was -"las". In the Greek language when one wants to denote that they have conquered one says " Niko ". When "Niko" and "Laos" are placed alongside each other one arrives at Nikolaos which means " victorious over the people ". The connotation is national winner. Some would even go as far as to say that it means " conqueror of people ". " Nikos " is defined as "a conquest; victory; triumph; the conquered; and by implication, dominancy over the defeated." Another transferred name in which this term is used is "Nicopolis," which is composed of Niko, which means conquest and polis, which means city. Hence, the city of conquest, or city of victory.
People with first name Nikolaos
In sports:
- Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Greek gymnast
- Nikolaos Dorakis, Greek shooter
- Nikolaos Georgantas (1880-1958), Greek athlete
- Nikolaos Georgeas, Greek football player currently playing for AEK Athens FC
- 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
- Nick Efthimiou, Greek professional soccer/football (1990-2000) 2 champioships in 1993,"98 indoor player
- Nikolaos Morakis, Greek shooter
- Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver who competed in the synchronised 3 metre springboard competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Nikolaos Tsiantakis (b. 1963), retired Greek football midfielder
- Nicolaos Trikupis, Greek shooter
In other fields:
- 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 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
- Nikolaos Oikonomides (1934-2000), notable Greek Byzantinist
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