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Nika (given name)

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Gender
  
female or male

Word/name
  
Georgian/Persian/Greek/Russian/Ojibway

Meaning
  
Good/victory/born on Sunday/goose

Related names
  
Nikoloz, Niko, Niki, Niku, Nicholas, Nikola, Nikita

Nika is a given name of Persian origin meaning "Good". It also means "Victory" in Greek. In Slovenia and Croatia, it is used as a feminine form of Nikola or Nikolaj.

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In the Russian language, Nika may be a diminutive of the male given name Agafonik or of the female given name Agafonika.

Arts and entertainment

  • Nika Futterman, aka Nika Frost, American voice actress
  • Nika Turbina (1974-2002), Russian poet

    • Politics

  • Nika Gilauri (born 1975), Georgian politician, Prime Minister of Georgia from 2009 to 2012
  • Nika Rurua (born 1968), Georgian politician

    • Sports

  • Nika Barič (born 1992), Slovenian basketball player
  • Nika Chkhapeliya (born 1994), Russian association football player
  • Nika Dzalamidze (born 1992), Georgian association football player
  • Nika Fleiss (born 1984), Croatian former alpine skier
  • Nika Kiladze (born 1988), Georgian association football player
  • Nika Križnar (born 2000), Slovenian ski jumper
  • Nika Metreveli (born 1991), Georgian basketball player
  • Nika Ožegović (born 1985), Croatian former tennis player
  • Nika Piliyev (born 1991), Russian association football player
  • Nika Potskhverashvili (born 1991), Russian association football player

    • Fictional characters

  • Nika Volek, a character from the Fox television series Prison Break

    • References

    Nika (given name) Wikipedia
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