Nika
given name · Latin script
Meaning: de niké, victoire. C'est aussi le nom de [а déesse grecque de la Victoire
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɲɪkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nika is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Georgia than in any other country, where it is the 21st most common given name.
- GEGeorgia1 in 173as ნიკა(measured from records)
- SISlovenia1 in 259
- HRCroatia1 in 823
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 Nika 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.
- Georgia (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 102 (measured from records)
- 1 in 259 (inferred from the name graph)
23,052 named ნიკა
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Slovenia
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)
de niké, victoire. C'est aussi le nom de [а déesse grecque de la Victoire. Fêtes : 10 (23) mars, 16 (29) avril. Victoire est son équivalent français. Fête : 27 avril.
Sources 1
- Russian Names
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nika 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE Georgia | #21 | 23,052as ნიკა | 1 in 173 | 23K | Nika | 102 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 8,113 | 1 in 259 | 8.2K | Nika | 8 |
| HR Croatia | — | 5,134 | 1 in 823 | 8.5K | — | — |
| RU Russia | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Nika | 33 |
| PL Poland | — | 2,880 | 1 in 13K | 1.8K | — | — |
| LV Latvia | — | 601 | 1 in 3.1K | 603 | Nika | 20 |
| MD Moldova | — | 357as Nica | 1 in 9.4K | 357 | — | 1 |
23,052 people counted by Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API), counting the spelling ნიკა. 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: Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup); e-services.md — living population register. 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)
Nika 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.
In Russian, 12 (25) juillet. Véronique est son équivalent français. Fêtes : 4 février, 13 janvier, 9 juillet.
as a nameRussian Names
In German, weibl. Vom., Kurzform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Provide.
as a nameThe African book of names
In Russian, "conquest."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In Kurdish, alternative form of niha (“now”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Nika Ruruab. 1968GEGeorgian politician (1968–2018)
- Nika Futtermanb. 1969USAmerican actress (born 1969)
- Nikolay Tsiskaridzeb. 1973RUnot in their usual nameRussian ballet dancer
- Nika Gilaurib. 1975GEGeorgian politician
- Nika Gvaramiab. 1976GElawyer, media entrepreneur, public figure
- Nika Meliab. 1979GEGeorgian politician (born 1979)
- Nika McGuiganb. 1986IEactress
- Nika Turkovićb. 1995HRCroatian singer
- Nika Daalderopb. 1998NLDutch volleyball player
- Nika Vodanb. 2000SISlovenian ski jumper
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)
Attested in 89 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 8.5K | — |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 8.2K | #45 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2025 | 8.1K | #17 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 5.1K | #205 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 1.8K | #378 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 1.8K | #378 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 1.1K | #463 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 986 | #474 |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup) | — | 603 | #542 |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register) | — | 601 | — |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 239 | #630 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — Najpogostejša imena in priimki (population register) | 2024 | 78 | — |
Reference works 8
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- 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
- Is Nika a male or female name?
- Nika is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Nika have the most bearers?
- In Georgia, the national register counted about 23 thousand people named ნიკა, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Nika most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nika is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 259 people — even though Georgia holds more of our records for it.
- What are other forms of the name Nika?
- In the etymology graph, Nicole, Nichole and Nikki are forms of the same name in other languages; Nikolina is a recorded short or pet form; it is recorded as a short form of Nikita and Veronika.
- How do you pronounce Nika?
- A machine transcription gives /ɲɪkə/ (IPA) for Georgian.
- How common is the name Nika?
- In Slovenia, the national register counted 8,113 people named Nika in 2025, about 1 in 259 residents.
- How common is Nika compared with other names?
- In Georgia, Nika is the 21st most common given name of 12,900 given names recorded there.
- What does the name Nika mean?
- Recorded meaning: de niké, victoire. C'est aussi le nom de [а déesse grecque de la Victoire.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nikaThe 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, “Nika” — the 21st most common given name in Georgia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.