Niko

Diminutive of Nikolaus and of its variants and, rarely, of Nikodemus, with formal given name status since the 1950s.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniko/, [ˈniko̞]
• Rhymes: -iko
• Syllabification^(key): Ni‧ko

Niko

1. a male given name
   • 1864, Aleksis Kivi, Nummisuutarit, SKS, published 1956, act V:

     Merimies Niko, karkuri, mutta ei varas. Ole lohdutettu, tyttäreni!

     Seaman Niko, you may be a deserter, but not a thief. Be in comfort, my daughter!

   • 1989, Tytti Seessalo, Sade, Art House, →ISBN:

     Mutta ei Elise muista nimiä. Niiden nimet ovat niin samantapaisia: alussa oli suo, kuokka ja Jussi -tyyppisiä tai sitten näitä uusia Nikoja, Jerryjä ja Tomeja. Yhtä tyhmiä, välillä kivoja kaikki.

     But Elise cannot remember names. Their names are so similar: in the beginning, there was a swamp, a mattock — and Jussi -type or the new Nikos, Jerrys and Toms. They're all equally stupid but occasionally nice.

   • 2007, Heli Kruger, Pidä minusta kiinni, Otava, →ISBN, pages 197–198:

     Hän esittelee uuden miesystävänsä Nikon, kertaa Ilkalle muutamalla lauseella miehen firman maahantuontiartikkelit ja markkinoiden kirkkaimmat saavutukset.
     —Koolla vai ceellä?
     —Koolla.
     —Ai Nikodeemuksen mukaan, sen raamatun Nikodeemuksen?
     —Niin tai kreikkalaisen Nike-jumalan, Janika sanoo. —Mä vein tässä nyt voiton.

     She presents her new boyfriend Niko, reminds Ilkka of his company's import articles and the market's brightest achievement with a few sentences.
     —Spelled with a K or a C?
     —K.
     —Oh, after Nicodemus, from the Bible?
     —Or the Greek goddess Nike, Janika says. —I won this time.

• Popular in Finland around 2000.

• Niko is the 35^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 16,926 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,680 more), and also belongs to 10 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• kino, koin, koni, noki, onki

• IPA^(key): [ˈniːko]

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• Hyphenation: Ni‧ko

Niko

1. a male given name, variant of Nico

Niko

1. a diminutive of the female given names Nikola or Nicole, of rare usage.[1]

A hypocoristic form of Nìkola.

Níko m (Cyrillic spelling Ни́ко)

1. a male given name

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