Gender Masculine
Scripts Νικόμαχος(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Means "battle of victory" from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and μάχη (mache) meaning "battle". This was the name of both the father and son of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. It was also borne by a 2nd-century Greek mathematician.

Related Names

Rootsnike + mache
VariantNicomachus

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Sources & References

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