Nicodim
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/nikodim/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nicodim is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 46Kas Nicodemus(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 158Kas Nicodemus
- TZTanzania≈1 in 8.1Kas Nicodemus
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Nicodim itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 255 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,200 named Nicodemus, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Tanzania, est., as Nicodemus
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Nicodemus in US United States, PH Philippines, NG Nigeria and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)apostol, gr. Nixo8,WoS cu acelasi sens ca Nicolae. Nicodim eg. Tismanei, organizatorul vietii monastice in Tara Rom.. (Intre anti 1360-1406). 1. Derivate : Dima, Dimescu socotit ca ipocoristic din Dimitrie.. 2. Sub influenta slava, ca In Micolai, sau print metateza : Micodim t. (17 A III 159) ; Micodirr (BG LIII 156) ; olt. (Grai I 13 ; Tg-Jiu). 3. Probabile : Micodani s. (Dm) ; Micodoiu,. act. 4. Prob., prin apoc. si cu u < o : Miami (16 B V 220) ; - 1639 (An C III. 739) ; popa (17 B III 239).
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Nicodim counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TZ Tanzania | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 8.1K | — | Nicodemus | 16 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 44K | listed | Nicodemus | 32 |
| PH Philippines | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Nicodemus | 41 |
| US United States | 2,108as Nicodemus | 1 in 158K | 2.1K | Nicodemus | 255 |
| PL Poland | 1,167as Nikodem | 1 in 33K | 78K | — | 1 |
| CZ Czechia | 151as Nikodem | 1 in 71K | 151 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Nikodim Kondakovb. 1844RUnot in their usual nameRussian art historian (1844–1925)
- Nicodim Munteanub. 1864RO2nd patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, from 1939 to 1948 (1864–1948)
- Nicodim Bulzescb. 1955ROpolitician
- Nicodim Ungureanub. 1960RORomanian actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)6 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #22,717 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 3 | #27,454 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Nicodim?
- A machine transcription gives /nikodim/ (IPA) for Romanian.
- Is Nicodim a male or female name?
- Nicodim is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Nicodim have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.2 thousand people named Nicodemus in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Nicodim?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,108 people named Nicodemus in 2010, about 1 in 158 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Nicodim?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nicodimThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nicodim”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.