Entry № 7459 · Greek origin

Niki Niki — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEE-kee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Nike Goddess of Victory (Winged Victory of Samothrace)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "nike goddess of victory (winged victory of samothrace)".

Niki is from the Modern Greek Νίκη (Níkē — victory) — from Greek nikē (victory). Niki is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek heritage.

Nike Goddess of Victory (Greek).

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Νίκη

Transliteration: Níkē
Pronunciation: / ˈniː.ki /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Niki stands.

Niki does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Nikis before her.

Real people

—

In fiction

Nike Goddess of Victory

Greek goddess of victory + winged personification + daughter of Pallas + Styx per Hesiod's Theogony 383 + Winged Victory of Samothrace ~190 BCE Louvre + Nike Athletic Brand founded 1964 + Just Do It 1988.

Greek mythology

Names connected to Niki.

Numerology

The number behind Niki.

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Niki reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.