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View Name: Nikomedes


NIKOMEDES
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Ancient Greek
OTHER SCRIPTS: Νικομηδης (Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
Means "to think of victory", derived from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and μηδομαι (medomai) "to think". This was the name of a 1st-century saint, a priest beaten to death for refusing to worship the Roman gods.
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VARIANT: Nicomedes
OTHER LANGUAGES: Nicomedo (Italian)
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