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), Domenico and Dominic. 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 Pulzetti (born 1984), Italian football (soccer) midfielder
- Nico Pepe (born 1917), Italian film actor
- Nico Perrone (born 1935), Italian journalist
- Nico Colaluca (born 1986), American professional soccer player
- Nico Assumpção (1954-), Brazilian bass player
- Nico Covatti (born 1988), Italian-Argentine professional motorcyclist
- Nico Casavecchia (born 1981), Argentine film director
- Nico Fidenco (born 1933), Italian singer
- Nico Vascellari (born 1976) Italian artist and musician
- Nico Hülkenberg (born 1987), Formula One driver for Force India
- 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 Toscani, character in Above the Law
- 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!
- Nico, a yellow canary in the film Rio
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
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