Nikki: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “victory of the people”
- Origin
- Greek
- Say it
- NIK-ee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (98% of all uses)
Nikki is a familiar short form of Nicole, Nicola, or Nikita, ultimately from Greek Nikolaos. It combines nike 'victory' and laos 'people.'
How popular is Nikki?
Babies named Nikki in 202446
2024 rank#3,392 girls
Peak year1972
Total US babies since 188040,960
Nikki is fading: recent use is about 44% of its level ten years before.
Names like Nikki
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Nikki questions
What does the name Nikki mean?
Nikki means "victory of the people". It comes from Greek. Nikki is a familiar short form of Nicole, Nicola, or Nikita, ultimately from Greek Nikolaos. It combines nike 'victory' and laos 'people.'
Is Nikki a boy or girl name?
Nikki is mainly a girl's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Nikki?
46 US babies were named Nikki in 2024. Its peak year was 1972.
How do you pronounce Nikki?
Nikki is usually pronounced NIK-ee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.