Nikandros

Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Νίκανδρος(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Means "victory of a man" from the Greek elements νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). This was the name of a 2nd-century BC Greek poet and grammarian from Colophon.

Related Names

Rootsnike + aner
VariantsNicander, Nicanor, Nikanor
Other Languages & CulturesNicanor(Biblical) Nikanor(Biblical Greek) Nicanor(Biblical Latin) Nikandr, Nikanor(Russian) Nicanor(Spanish) Nikandr(Ukrainian)

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   strong   strange   complex   serious  

Categories

success, victory

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Νίκανδρος.
Entry updated October 6, 2024