Throughout the world, Νικηφόρος (Nikiforos 
, Νικηφόρος , Nikephoros 
) is quite a common boy's forename. The first name Νικηφόρος is habitual in Greece, where it is quite a common masculine name, Grenada, and Cyprus, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Greece, the United States, and Grenada. Also, Νικηφόρος is the last name as well as the forename.
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πατριάρχης νικηφόρος Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 758) |
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| νικηφόρος παλαιολόγος Byzantine general, AL (b. 1001) |
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| νικηφόρος μελισσηνός Byzantine general and usurper, GR (b. 1045) |
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| νικηφόρος βρυέννιος ο νεότερος general, GR (b. 1062) |
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| νικηφόρος βρυέννιος ο πρεσβύτερος Byzantine general who made an attempt on the throne of Michael VII Doukas in 1077–1078, TR (b. 1100) |
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νικηφόρος χούμνος Byzantine scholar, GR (b. 1250) |
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| νικηφόρος ο μονάζων Byzantine monk (b. 1201) |
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νικηφόρος β΄ ορσίνι Despot of Epirus in 1335–1340 and 1356–1359, GR (b. 1328) |
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νικηφόρος θεοτόκης Greek theologian (1731-1800), GR (b. 1731) |
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νικηφόρος λύτρας Greek painter (1832–1904), GR (b. 1832) |
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| νικηφόρος καλογεράς Greek priest and theologian (1835-1896), GR (b. 1835) |
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| νικηφόρος μοσχόπουλος (b. 1871) |
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| νικηφόρος γ. κυπραίος (b. 1875) |
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νικηφόρος διαμαντούρος Greek academic and politician, GR (b. 1942) |
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| νικηφόρος ελεόπουλος GR (b. 1892) |
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