Nicos as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Nicos

What is the meaning of the name Nicos ?

The baby name Nicos is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced NEE-kohs.

Nicos is Greek in Origin.

Nicos is an English-style spelling of Greek Νίκος, Nikos, the familiar short form of Ancient Greek Νικόλαος, Nikolaos. The compound joins νίκη, nikē, victory, with λαός, laos, people, linked by the thematic vowel -o-; its literal sense is victory of the people. In Greek usage the final -s marks the masculine nominative ending, retained in both Nikos and Nicos.

Nikolaos was established in the eastern Mediterranean by late antiquity and gained Christian prominence through Saint Nicholas of Myra, the fourth-century Lycian bishop venerated in Byzantine and later Orthodox and Western traditions. Nikos is the standard modern Greek pet form, common in Greece and Cyprus; Nicos appears mainly as a transliterational or diaspora spelling, especially where c is favored over k. English Nicholas, French and Spanish Nicolas, and Latin Nicolaus are cognate forms. In U.S. records Nicos is rare, appearing only sporadically from the 1980s.