Forename Nicephorus

Worldwide, Nicephorus (Никифор , Νικηφόρος , Nicephorus ) is quite a rare masculine first name. The first name Nicephorus is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is quite a common boy's name, Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare male name, and Ukraine. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Eastern Europe, particularly Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine. Much less frequently, Nicephorus is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Nicephorus

name Nicéphore, name Nikephoros, name Nicéforo, name Nicefor, name Niceforo, name Νικηφόρος, name Nicephorus, name Никифор

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Никифор	Bulgaria, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus
Νικηφόρος	Greece
Nicephorus	United Kingdom, Tanzania, Turkey

First names said to be same

Nicefor, Niceforo, Nicéforo, Nicéphore, and Nikephoros

First name Nicephorus in the context

Nicephorus is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nikifor Lyapis-Trubetskoy , the fictional character in Ilf and Petrov's novel The Twelve Chairs.

Notable namesakes

	nicephorus philosophus (b. 850)
	nicephorus i of jerusalem patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem from 1020 to 1048 (b. 950)
	nicephorus chartophylax (b. 1050)
	nicephorus ii of constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1200)
	nicephorus of kastoria cleric, TR
	nicephorus i archimandrite of Kiev Pechersk Lavra
	nicephorus monachus
	nicephorus of constantinople

Characteristic surnames

Chua, and Rugambwa