Nikanor

Nikanor is also used in the country of Georgia, where it is written as ნიკანორ. As far as I can tell, the name appears to be rare and its use started in honour of the Greek saint Nicanor the Deacon (died in 76 AD). A notable bearer of the name is the Georgian politician Nikanor "Nika" Melia (b. 1979).

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- http://kids.ge/baby-name?id=1234 (in Georgian; this is about the name)
- http://www.orthodoxy.ge/sakhelebi/ka/m_nari.htm (in Georgian; this is a list of male saints whose name starts with N)
- Nika Melia (b. 1979): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_Melia (in English; also see the Georgian version)

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Russia is also a country where the name is currently in use. It is written as Никанор in Russian Cyrillic and is rare now, but might have been a bit more common in older times. A notable bearer was the Russian landscape painter Nikanor Chernetsov (1805-1879).

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- https://imya.com/name/29940 (in Russian; this is about the name)
- http://kurufin.ru/html/Rus_names/rus_n.html (in Russian; scroll down until you see "Nicanor" in one of the columns on the right)
- http://kurufin.ru/html/Translate/Nikanor.html (in Russian)
- see the entry for Nikanor at https://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/n.html (in English)
- https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80 (in Russian; features a list of bearers)
- Nikanor Chernetsov (1805-1879): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikanor_Chernetsov (in English; also see the Russian version)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Nikanor&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://ru.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Nikanor/+/ru-0-Rusland (lists only bearers living in Russia) [noted -ed]

Also (very rarely) used in Poland.