Niko
Greek at root, meaning "victory of the people." Still rare enough that most Poles have never met one, though it's been climbing: given to a few more boys each of the last several years.
Niko Pronunciation
Niko is pronounced NYEE-ko (/ˈɲikɔ/).
What Niko means
Where Niko comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Niko comes from Greek. Behind it stand two old words: nikē, meaning victory, and laos, meaning the people. Together they build Nikolaos, and the short form Niko keeps that sense whole. The meaning reads plainly: victory of the people.
Because it is brief, Niko travels easily. It sits in a Polish class register without crowding the page, four letters a teacher can read at a glance. The Greek root stays underneath, even when the sound feels light and modern.
The victory in the name was never a private one. Laos points to a crowd, a whole people, so the triumph belongs to many rather than to a single bearer. A boy named Niko carries an old Greek claim: that his name means the people's victory.
How many people are named Niko
1 in 39239 men in Poland is named Niko. 564 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1252 among male names.
Niko's popularity over time
27 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #460 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2005.
Where parents choose Niko
Niko is most popular in Lubusz, 177% above the national average (7 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+88%) and Silesian (+47%). It is least common in Greater Poland and Lublin, 82% and 62% below average respectively.
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Lubusz
+177%1 in 7,094 babies
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Lower Silesian
+88%1 in 10,476 babies
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Silesian
+47%1 in 13,387 babies
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Greater Poland
−82%1 in 107,622 babies
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Lublin
−62%1 in 51,338 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
−28%1 in 27,345 babies
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Lubusz+177% 7 born1 in 7,094 babies+177%
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Lower Silesian+88% 15 born1 in 10,476 babies+88%
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Silesian+47% 17 born1 in 13,387 babies+47%
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West Pomeranian+40% 6 born1 in 14,071 babies+40%
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Pomeranian+33% 10 born1 in 14,732 babies+33%
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Lesser Poland+30% 15 born1 in 15,128 babies+30%
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Łódź+24% 8 born1 in 15,840 babies+24%
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Masovian+22% 22 born1 in 16,103 babies+22%
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Opole−15% 2 born1 in 23,048 babies−15%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−28% 4 born1 in 27,345 babies−28%
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Lublin−62% 2 born1 in 51,338 babies−62%
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Greater Poland−82% 2 born1 in 107,622 babies−82%
Niko as a middle name
Niko is a first name for 564 men in Poland and a middle name for another 81, an 87/13 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 794th, between Jacobus (81) and Aksel (80).
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#792 Ekspedyt81
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#793 Jacobus81
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#794 Niko81
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#795 Aksel80
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#796 Graham80