Nikephoros

Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Ancient Greek [1], Greek Mythology
Scripts Νικηφόρος(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Means "carrying victory" from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and φέρω (phero) meaning "to carry, to bear". This name was borne by several Byzantine emperors, including the 10th-century Nikephoros II Phokas. Besides being a masculine personal name, it was also a title borne by the goddess Athena.

Related Names

Rootsnike + phero
Other Languages & CulturesNikifor(Bulgarian) Nicéphore(French) Nikifor(Macedonian) Nikifor(Russian)

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   strong   strange   complex   serious  

Categories

actions, deities, emperors, epithets, goddesses, gods, men, mythology, Orthodox saints, rhetoricians, saints, success, victory, women

Sources & References

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