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The first name Nikephoros

A unisex name.

4 syllables Unisex

Famous people named Nikephoros

20 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Nikephoros I
    Byzantine emperor, 750–811
  • Nikephoros II Phokas
    Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969
  • Nikephoros III Botaneiates
    Byzantine emperor, 1001–1081
  • 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, 1197–1269
  • 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, 850–890
  • Nikephoros Diogenes
    Byzantine emperor from 1070 to 1071
  • Nikephoros Melissenos
    Byzantine general and usurper, 1045–1104
  • Nikephoros Ouranos
    Byzantine general, 1000–1100