Nikola

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Gender Feminine or Masculine Word/name Greek Nickname(s) Niko		Language(s) Slavic Region of origin Eastern Europe

Meaning victory of the people (from Nikolaos)

Nikola (Cyrillic: Никола, [nǐkola]) is a unisex given name which, like Nicola and Nicholas, is a version of the Greek Nikolaos (Νικόλαος), common in Slavic countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. Besides the name "Nikola", in Macedonia there is a name "Nikolče" (Николче), which is a diminutive of the name "Nikola". In Poland, it is used as a female name, as is done in the UK and Germany.

The spelling with K, Nikola, reflects romanization of the Cyrillic spelling, while Nicola reflects Italian usage.

Arts

Nikola Avramov, Bulgarian painter

Nikola Hajdin, President of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Nikola Kastner (born 1983), German actress

Nikola Kojo, Serbian actor

Nikola Martinovski, Macedonian painter

Nikola Nešković, Serbian painter

Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet

Music

Nikola Langer, manager of Czech singer Aneta Langerová

Nikola Mijailović (singer), Serbian opera singer

Nikola Resanovic, Serbian-American composer

Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish thrash rock musician

Politics

Vlgdrag or monk Nikola (d. 1327), Serbian nobleman

Nikola Altomanović (fl. 1371-73), Serbian prince

Nikola Skobaljić (fl. 1454), Serbian general

Nikola Frankopan, Croatian ban

Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Croatian-Hungarian ban

Nicholas I of Montenegro, King of Montenegro

Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia (1928–1954), Serbian prince

Nikola, Crown Prince of Montenegro (born 1944), Montenegrin prince

Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian Prime minister

Nikola Jorgic, Bosnian Serb soldier

Nikola Karev, Macedonian revolutionary

Nikola Kavaja, Serbian anti-communists

Nikola Kljusev, Macedonian politician

Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian politician

Nikola Mandić, Croatian politician

Nikola Milošević (politician), Serbian intellectual

Nikola Mushanov, Bulgarian politician

Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician and diplomat

Nikola Šećeroski, Serbian politician

Nikola Špirić, Bosnian Serb politician

Nikola Uzunović, Serbian politician

Nikola Vitov Gučetić, Ragusian statesman

Nikola Zhekov, Bulgarian military

Science

Nikola Moravčević, Serbian academic

Nikola Obreshkov, Bulgarian mathematician

Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American inventor, physicist, and mechanical engineer

Nikola Moushmov, Bulgarian historian

Sports

Nikola Brejchová, Czech athlete

Nikola Grbić, Serbian volleyball player

Nikola Jerkan, Croatian footballer

Nikola Jovanović, Montenegrin footballer

Nikola Jurčević, Croatian footballer

Nikola Karabatić, French team handball player

Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer

Nikola Kovachev, Bulgarian footballer

Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer

Nikola Kuljača, Serbian waterpolo goalkeeper

Nikola Lazetić, Serbian footballer

Nikola Mijailović (footballer), Serbian footballer

Nikola Milojević, Serbian football goalkeeper

Nikola Milošević (footballer), Serbian football midfielder

Nikola Mirotić, Spanish basketball player of Montenegrin descent

Nikola Nikezić, Montenegrin footballer

Nikola Nikić, Bosnian Serb footballer

Nikola Nimac, Croatian racer

Nikola Peković, Montenegrin basketball player

Nikola Petroff, Bulgarian wrestler

Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav Croat professional tennis player

Nikola Stojić, Serbian rower

Nikola Sudová, Czech freestyle skier

Nikola Vignjević, Serbian footballer

Nikola Vučević, Montenegrin basketball player

Nikola Vujčić, Croatian basketball player

Nikola Žigić, Serbian footballer

Other

Nikola Modruški, Croatian catholic priest

Nikola Radosavljević, Serbian mass murderer

Nicholas Nikola Ribic, Serbian-Canadian convicted for hostaging

Fictional characters

Doctor Nikola, a fictional supervillain in works of Guy Boothby

Nikola, a Call of Duty zombie character.

References

Nikola Wikipedia

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