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Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek, Lithuanian, Russian (Rare)
Scripts Νικᾶς(Ancient Greek) Никас(Russian)
Other Forms FormsNicas (latinized form of the Ancient Greek name)
Meaning & History
Derived either from the active present tense of the Greek verb νικάω (nikao) meaning "to win, to conquer, to prevail" or from the accusative plural of the Greek noun νίκη (nike) meaning "victory".In Lithuania, Nikas is a contracted form of masculine names of Greek origin that start with Nik-, such as Nikiforas, Nikitas and Nikodemas.A notable bearer of this name is the Russian artist Nikolay "Nikas" Safronov (b. 1956), who is partially of Lithuanian descent.