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Nikola

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Gender
  
Feminine or Masculine

Word/name
  
Greek

Nickname(s)
  
Niko

Language(s)
  
Slavic

Region of origin
  
Eastern Europe

Nikola

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.

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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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