# Nikephoros (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/nikephoros/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Nikephoros

- Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperor
- Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969
- Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Byzantine emperor
- Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, Byzantine general, statesman and historian (1062–1137)
- Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Byzantine ecclesiastical historian (c.1256-c.1335)
- Nikephoros Blemmydes, Byzantine philosopher
- Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, Despot of Epirus from 1266/68
- Nikephoros II Orsini, Despot of Epirus in 1335–1340 and 1356–1359
- Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Byzantine general
- Nikephoros Diogenes, Byzantine emperor from 1070 to 1071
- Nikephoros Melissenos, Byzantine general and usurper
- Nikephoros Ouranos, Byzantine general

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.