Around the world, Nikephoros (Никифор 
, Νικηφόρος 
, Nikephoros 
) is quite a rare boy's first name. The forename Nikephoros is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is quite a common boy's name, Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Ukraine. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Eastern Europe, particularly Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine. Very seldom, Nikephoros is the last name as well as the forename.
Nikephoros 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.
| hippokrates autokrator nikephoros Middle Eastern king (b. 100) |
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kamnaskires ii nikephoros King of Elymais from c.147 BC to 139 BC (b. 200) |
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| nikephoros phokas the elder Byzantine general (b. 850) |
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nikephoros komnenos Byzantine military leader (b. 970) |
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nikephoros iii botaneiates Byzantine emperor (b. 1001) |
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| nikephoros phokas barytrachelos Byzantine aristocrat and magnate (b. 960) |
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nikephoros basilakes usurper of the Byzantine Empire (b. 1100) |
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| nikephoros bryennios the eldest Byzantine general, TR (b. 1050) |
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| nikephoros diogenes Byzantine co-emperor (b. 1070) |
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| nikephoros carandino Doux of Skopje (b. 1100) |
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| nikephoros synadenos Byzantine nobleman, AL (b. 1100) |
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| nikephoros basilakes Byzantine historian (b. 1115) |
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| nikephoros petraliphas (b. 1149) |
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| nikephoros kontostephanos (b. 1150) |
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| nikephoros chrysoberges (b. 1160) |
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