Nico

Italian diminutive of Nicholas, Greek

"people of victory"

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.

Nico Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 57 on Nameberry

Nico Popularity

• 240 US 2023
• 57 Nameberry 2024
• 188 Canada 2023
• 294 Future 2028
• 214 England 2021
• 139 Scotland 2023
• 85 New Zealand 2023
• 72 Germany 2023
• 77 Spain 2022
• 26 Switzerland 2023
• 57 Austria 2023

20 Names Similar to Nico

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Nico.

• Luca
• Milo
• Theo
• Matteo
• Leo
• Kai
• Arlo
• Niko
• Micah
• Zane
• Roman
• Felix
• Ash
• Hugo
• Fox
• Miles
• Ezra
• Otto
• Sebastian
• Rowan

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

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