| Nikola |
 |
| Gender |
male |
| Language(s) |
Slavic |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Greek |
| Meaning |
victory of the people (from Nikolaos) |
| Region of origin |
Southeastern Europe |
| Other names |
| Nickname(s) |
Niko |
| Derived |
Nikolaos |
| Related names |
Miklos, Mikołaj, Mikuláš, Nicholas, Nicola, Nicolas, Nikolaos, Nicolau, Nicolay, Niccolò, Nikolay, Nikolaj, Nick, Nico, Nicolina, Nicole |
| Popularity |
see popular names |
Nikola (Cyrillic: Никола) is a male given name, derived from Greek Nikolaos (Νικόλαος), common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Czechia and Slovenia. Besides the name "Nikola", in Macedonia there is a name "Nikolče" (Николче), which is a diminutive of the name "Nikola".
[edit] People
- Nikola Mirosavljević (13th century), Serbian nobility
- Nikola Altomanović (fl. 1371-1373, Serbian nobility
- Nikola Skobaljić (fl. 1454), Serbian voivode
- 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 Avramov, Bulgarian painter
- Nikola Brejchová, Czech athlete
- Nikola Frankopan, Croatian ban
- Nikola Grbić, Serbian volleyball player
- Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian Prime minister
- Nikola Jerkan, Croatian footballer
- Nikola Jorgic, Bosnian Serb soldier
- Nikola Jovanović, Montenegrin footballer
- Nikola Jurčević, Croatian footballer
- Nikola Karabatić, French team handball player
- Nikola Karev, Macedonian revolutionary
- Nikola Kavaja, Serbian anti-communists
- Nikola Kljusev, Macedonian politician
- Nikola Kochovski, Macedonian footballer
- Nikola Kojo, Serbian actor
- Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer
- Nikola Kovachev, Bulgarian footballer
- Nikola Kuljača, Serbian waterpolo goalkeeper
- Nikola Langer, manager of Czech singer Aneta Langerová
- Nikola Lashley, British journalist
- Nikola Lazetić, Serbian footballer
- Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian politician
- Nikola Bizumić, Serbian barber who invented the manual hair clipper
- Nikola Mandić, Croatian politician
- Nikola Martinovski, Macedonian painter
- Nikola Mijailović, Serbian opera singer
- Nikola Mijailović (footballer), Serbian footballer
- Nikola Milojević, Serbian football goalkeeper
- Nikola Milošević, Serbian intellectual
- Nikola Modruški, Croatian catholic priest
- Nikola Moravčević, Serbian academic
- Nikola Moushmov, Bulgarian historian
- Nikola Mushanov, Bulgarian politician
- Nikola Navrátil, Czech actor
- Nikola Nešković, Serbian painter
- Nikola Nikezić, Montenegrin footballer
- Nikola Nikić, Bosnian Serb footballer
- Nikola Nimac, Croatian racer
- Nikola Obreshkov, Bulgarian mathematician
- Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician and diplomat
- Nikola Petroff, Bulgarian wrestler
- Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav Croat professional tennis player
- Nikola Rakočevič, Serbian actor
- Nikola Resanovic, Serbian-American composer
- Nikola Ristanovski, Macedonian actor
- Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish rock musician
- Nikola Šećeroski, Serbian politician
- Nikola Stojić, Serbian rower
- Nikola Špirić, Bosnian Serb politician
- Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Croatian-Hungarian ban
- Nikola Sudová, Czech freestyle skier
- Nikola Tesla, Serbian inventor, physicist, and mechanical engineer
- Nikola Uzunović, Serbian politician
- Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet
- Nikola Vignjević, Serbian footballer
- Nikola Vitov Gučetić, Ragusian statesman
- Nikola Velevski, Macedonian bassist in the band Unending Fury
- Nikola Vujčić, Croatian basketball player
- Nikola Zhekov, Bulgarian military
- Nikola Žigić, Serbian footballer
- Nicholas Nikola Ribic, Serbian-Canadian convicted for hostage-taking
[edit] Fictional characters
