Nicodemus

Greek
"victory of the people"

Nicodemus Origin and Meaning

The name Nicodemus is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "victory of the people".

This rarely used New Testament name could make an unusual route to the cool nickname Nico. Nicodemus (Noddy) Boffin is a character in the Dickens novel Our Mutual Friend.

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Famous People Named Nicodemus

  • NicodemusBiblical Pharisee
  • Saint Nicodemus the HagioriteGreek Orthodox mystic
  • Saint Nicodemus of Mammola (or of Cirò)Italian monk
  • Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and YoungerSwedish architects
  • Nicodemus ben Gurion1st century wealthy resident of Jerusalem who may have been the Biblical Nicodemus
  • Nicodemusstage name of Cecil Wellington, Jamaican reggae DJ
  • Philipp Nicodemus FrischlinGerman philologist
  • Nicodemus Hieronymus Alois Georg Hubertus Mario Hugo Eusebius Maria (b. 2001)Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein,Wertheim,Rosenberg, son of late racing driver Leo Löwenstein; grandson and heir of Prince Alois,Konstantin
  • Nicodemus León "Nico" DiMarco (b. 2015)son of Christian singer Kristene DiMarco

Nicodemus in Pop Culture

  • Dr. Nicodemus Westcharacter in Marvel Universe
  • Nicodemus Dumpsbank clerk in Dickens's Sketches by Boz (1836); Charles Kitterball's "cross, cadaverous and ill,natured" uncle
  • Nicodemusrat character in book/film "The Secret of NIMH"
  • Nicodemuscharacter in Rainbow Rowell's "Carry On"
  • Nicodemus "Nico"horse in Once Upon a Time