Nicodemus
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Nicodemus is a strong, classic biblical name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɲikɔdʲiːmus/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nicodemus is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 46K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 158K
- TZTanzania≈1 in 8.1K
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 Nicodemus 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)
- Sources
- 255 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,200 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Tanzania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
Nicodemus is a strong, classic biblical name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people." In the Bible, he was a respected leader who sought out Jesus's wisdom, making the name associated with thoughtfulness, courage, and a sincere search for truth.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nicodemus 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 | 2,108 | 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Nicodemus is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Nicodemus comes from the Greek name Νικόδημος (Nikodemos), which is derived from νίκη (nike), meaning "victory," and δῆμος (demos), meaning "the people." Thus, the name means "victory of the people."
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, from Greek Nikodēmos, 'victory of the people'
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Spanish; from a personal name of Greek origin, composed of the elements nike ‘victory’ -I- demos ‘people’. This is the name borne in the New Testament by a Greek Jew who defended Jesus before the religious leaders (John 7:50) and was present at his burial (John 19:39).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, A Pharisee, a secret follower of Jesus in the New Testament.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Ni9oise
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Everlyn Nicodemusb. 1954TZTanzanian-born artist, writer, and curator, based in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Katja Nicodemusb. 1968DEGerman film critic and journalist
- William J L NicodemusUSNicodemus, William J, L; class of 1858
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 58 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.1K | #14,227 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.1K | #13,814 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2K | #13,985 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #371,860 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 1 | #269,350 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 1 | #27,057 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- Where does the name Nicodemus come from?
- Nicodemus is a strong, classic biblical name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people." In the Bible, he was a respected leader who sought out Jesus's wisdom, making the name associated with tho… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What are other forms of the name Nicodemus?
- In the etymology graph, Nicodème and Nikodemos are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Nicodemus?
- A machine transcription gives /ɲikɔdʲiːmus/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Nicodemus mean?
- Recorded meaning: Nicodemus is a strong, classic biblical name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people."
- In which country does Nicodemus have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.2 thousand people named Nicodemus in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nicodemus.
- How common is the name Nicodemus?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,108 people named Nicodemus in 2010, about 1 in 158 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nicodemusThe 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, “Nicodemus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.