Nikolaos

Nikolaos (Greek: Νικόλαος, Nikólaos) is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη nikē 'victory' and λαός laos 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English form is Nicholas. In the bible, this is the name of a proselyte of Antioch and one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem.

People with first name Nikolaos

In sports:

Nikolaos Andreadakis, Greek athlete

Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Greek gymnast

Nikolaos Balanos, Greek architect

Nikolaos Dorakis, Greek shooter

Nikolaos Georgantas (1880-1958), Greek athlete

Nikolaos Georgeas, former Greek football player who last played for AEK Athens FC

Nikolaos Giantsopoulos (born 1994), Canadian soccer player

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

Nikolaos Efthimiou (1990-1993), Greek football athlete for AEK then the Dallas Sidekicks for 1993-1999

Nikolaos Morakis, Greek shooter

Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver who competed in the synchronised 3-metre springboard competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Nikolaos Stamatonikolos, Greek Long jumper

Nicolaos Trikupis, Greek Shooter, Politician, and Army General

Nikolaos Tsiantakis (b. 1963), retired Greek football midfielder

In other fields:

Saint Nicholas, known to the Greeks as Saint Nikolaos

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 Oikonomides (1934-2000), notable Greek Byzantinist

Nikolaos Plastiras (1883-1953), General of the Greek army

Nikolaos Sifounakis, (b.