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Nico

Italian diminutive of Nicholas, Greek
"people of victory"
Madison Dresler
By Madison Dresler
Updated Wed Apr 23 2025

Nico Origin and Meaning

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

Nico is one of the great nickname names, full of charm, energy and effortless cool -- a neo Nick.

Nico is commonly heard in Italy -- as a short form of Niccolo -- and also in France, Belgium, Germany, Holland and Spanish-speaking countries.

As a unisex nickname name, Nico is associated with the German-born single-named Velvet Underground singer (nee Christa) promoted by Andy Warhol. And Nico Reilly was one of the female leads on the TV series Lipstick Jungle. But over 90% of the American babies named Nico are boys.

# 240 in the US

Nico Rank in US Top 1000

# 54 on Nameberry

Nico Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Nico

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Famous People Named Nico

  • Nico Cristian Mirallegro
    British actor
  • Nico Erik Rosberg
    Finnish,German racing driver
  • Nicolas "Nico" Hulkenberg
    German racing driver
  • Nico Jackson
    British financier
  • Nico Louis Liersch
    German actor
  • Nico Tortorella
    American actor
  • Ñico (born Antonio Mariño Souto)
    Cuban painter
  • Nico "Nicky" Charisse
    son of actress and dancer Cyd Charisse
  • Nico DiMarco
    brother of model and reality TV personality Nyle DiMarco
  • Nico Coyne
    son of singer,songwriter Kevin Coyne
  • Nicolas "Nico" Marley (b. 1995)
    American NFL player; son of former CFL player Rohan Marley; grandson of singer Bob Marley
  • Nico Rockwell (b. 2007)
    son of director Alexandre Rockwell and actress Karyn Parsons
  • Nico (b. 2007)
    son of actress Andrea Navedo
  • Nico Jones (b. 2012)
    son of footballer Brad Jones
  • Dominic "Nico" Lopez (b. 2013)
    son of actor Mario Lopez
  • Nicodemus León "Nico" DiMarco (b. 2015)
    son of Christian singer Kristene DiMarco
  • Nico Schulz
    German footballer
  • Nico Santos
    German,Spanish singer, songwriter and producer

The name Nico in Pop Culture

  • Nico Machiavelli
    character on TV's "Da Vinci's Demons"
  • Nico Harris
    character on TV's "Sonny With A Chance" and "So Random"
  • Nico Toscani
    character in film "Above the Law"
  • Nico
    character from "Another Gay Movie"
  • Nico/Nic/Pablo/Nick Jessop
    character in the TV series "extr@"
  • "Nico
    " Spanish animated series and its main character
  • Nico di Angelo
    character in Rick Riordan's book series'
  • "Nico And The Niners
    " song by twenty one pilots

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