69%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Νικήτας(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Derived from Greek νικητής (niketes) meaning "winner, victor". Saint Niketas was a 4th-century bishop of Remesiana in Serbia. He is a patron saint of Romania. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesMikita, Nikita(Belarusian) Nikita, Nika(Russian) Mykyta, Nikita(Ukrainian) User SubmissionNikétás Categories Orthodox saints, patron saints, saints, success Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/publications/.