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Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek
Scripts Νικησίας(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsNicesias (latinized form), Nikisias (modern Greek transcription). Variant forms: Νικησας (Nikesas), Νικήσιος (Nikesios)
Meaning & History
Derived from Greek νίκης (nikes) meaning "of victory", which is the genitive singular of the Greek noun νίκη (nike) meaning "victory".It is also possible that this name is derived from Greek νικήσας (nikesas), which is the aorist active participle of the Greek verb νικάω (nikao) meaning "to win, to conquer, to prevail".Also compare the related names Nikasias and Nikasios.