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 Naldini (born 1929), Italian novelist, poet, and film director
- Nico Assumpção (1954-), Brazilian bass player
- Nico Fidenco (born 1933), Italian singer
- Nico Vascellari (born 1976) Italian artist and musician
- 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
- Da Nico Ristorante, famous Italian restaurant in Little Italy, New York City
- Gelateria Nico, historic ice cream parlor opened in 1935, Venice, Italy