Nikita 1

Also Kazakh: https://www.behindthename.com/name/nikita-1/top/kazakhstan

Also a Latvian variant of Ņikita: https://personvardi.pmlp.gov.lv/index.php?name=Nikita

Also Czech: https://cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita

Also Estonian: https://www.stat.ee/nimed/Nikita

Ummm...people, just saying, but it seems like only a few of you have realized that names may have multiple origins? Nikita has Russian origins, yes, but it also has been used in other countries, languages and cultures... This is why I don't get the comments which say that it is, "100%," of one nationality or another.

Well, Nikita is definitely an Indian name. In India it is used only for girls and in Russia it's used for both boys and girls. My name is Nikita and I'm an Indian girl :-)

Ok all of y'all saying that Nikita is not used for girls and that you will never find a girl named Nikita SHUT UP PLEASE I'M A GIRL AND MY NAME IS NIKITA. I've known another girl to be named Nakita and that's how she spelled it.

Usage is Greek.

The name Nikita was given to 84 baby boys born in the US in 2012. This name is all masculine to me.

One of the reasons Nikita began to be used in the UK and other areas as a feminine name was because of the Elton John song "Nikita", released in 1985. Some parents apparently misinterpreted it as a heterosexual love song, because Nikita sounds quite like a feminine name in English, similar to Nicola and Nicole (perhaps they disregarded the association with Nikita Khrushchev). I daresay Elton John, who is openly gay and knew Nikita was a male Russian name, would be amused. Another reason why Nikita is sometimes used as a feminine name is because of the Luc Besson film "Nikita", released in 1990, in which the titular character is a female French assassin. It is unknown why Besson chose Nikita as a name for a female character - perhaps he too had misinterpreted the Elton John song. The film has several TV spin-off series as well, including the Canadian "La Femme Nikita" (1997-2001) and a new American series entitled "Nikita" which has ran since 2010, all of which feature a female character named Nikita.

Hmm Nikita is a boy name! But some girls are named that! My name is Nikita and I'm a girl! :D

Nikita is a total boys name all over Eastern Europe, even as we speak it is in the top 5/10 most popular BOYS names. Nikhita has nothing to do with this name at all.

Why is this name posted as "masculine" when the popularity says only females have had this name?

The name popularity as shown on this site is only for U.S.A and the Netherlands, where it is used mostly for girls. The name however originated as male and most Nikitas worldwide are male, in places such as Russia and the Ukraine.

In France Nikita is sometimes used as a girl's name (and this use is also becoming popular in other parts of Europe) but in Russia and the Ukraine it's always a boy's name.

Nikita is purely masculine name in Russia (and also in Ukraine), you won't find any female Nikita here! Though I like it on a girl. :-) But not in Russian speaking countries, because the girl with a masculine name would be teased here.

Used more and more as a name for girls, throughout the European continent.