Nico (given name)

Nico is the given name, and is also used as a shortened form of the name Nicholas, particularly in Italian, Spanish and French, but also occasionally in English. It means Victorious People.

People who have this given name include:

• Dr Nico Kasanda (1939-1985), guitarist and composer
• Nico Assumpção (1954-), Brazilian bass player
• Nico Freriks (born 1981), Dutch volleyball player
• Nico Hülkenberg (born 1987), Formula One driver for Sauber-Ferrari
• Nico Jalink (born 1964), Dutch football player
• Nico Landeweerd (born 1954), Dutch water polo player
• Nico Mirallegro (born 1991), British actor
• Nico Motchebon (born 1969), German runner
• Nico Muhly (born 1981), American contemporary classical composer
• Nico Nyberg (born 1993), Finnish ice hockey player
• Nico Rosberg (born 1985), Formula One driver for Mercedes, and son of Keke Rosberg
• Nico Vaesen (born 1969), Belgian football player
• Nico Verhoeven (born 1961), Dutch cyclist
• Prince Nico Mbarga (1950-1997), musician

In fiction:

• Nico Bellic, the player character in Grand Theft Auto 4
• Nico Collard, a main character in the Broken Sword series
• Nico Minoru, a comic character who briefly went by the moniker "Sister Grimm" in Runaways
• Nico Reilly, a lead character in the TV series Lipstick Jungle
• Nico Robin, a manga character from One Piece
• Nico Slater, a character in the TV series Ugly Betty
• Nico di Angelo, a son of Hades in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
• Nico Kanna, a character of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, a spinoff manga of Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
• Nico Yazawa, a character in the mixed media project, Love Live!

Other:

• Nico, woman, born Christa Päffgen, singer with The Velvet Underground