Nicodemus (given name)
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| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Language | Greek |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | “Victory of the people” |
Nicodemus is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning “victory of the people.” Nicodemus is a Biblical figure.[1] Nikodem, a Croatian and Polish version of the name, was among the most popular names for newborn boys in Poland in 2022.[2]
- Albanian: Nikodem
- Arabic: نيقوديموس (Niqudimus), نيقوديم (Niqudim)
- Basque: Nikodemo
- Belarusian: Нікадзім (Nikadzim)
- Bulgarian: Никодим (Nikodim)
- Catalan: Nicodem
- Chinese: 尼哥底母 (Ní gē dǐ mǔ)
- Croatian: Nikodem
- Czech: Nikodém, Nikodým
- Danish: Nikodemus
- Dutch: Nikodemus
- Esperanto: Nikodemo
- Finnish: Nikodemos
- French: Nicodème
- German: Nikodemus
- Greek: Νικόδημος (Nikódimos)
- Hebrew: ניקודמוס (Nyqwdmws)
- Hungarian: Nikodémosz
- Indonesian: Nikodemus
- Italian: Nicodemo
- Japanese: ニコデモ (Nikodemo)
- Kiswahili: Nikodemo
- Korean: 니고데모 (Nigodemo)
- Macedonian: Никодим (Nikodim)
- Maltese: Nikodemu
- Norwegian: Nikodemus
- Polish: Nikodem
- Portuguese: Nicodemo
- Romanian: Nicodim
- Russian: Никодим (Nikodim)
- Serbian: Никодим (Nikodim)
- Slovak: Nikodém
- Slovenian: Nikodém
- Spanish: Nicodemo
- Swedish: Nikodemos
- Tamil: நிக்கதேம் (Nikodim)
- Ukrainian: Никодим (Nykodym)
People
Saints
- Nicodemus, Jewish pharisee and secret disciple of Christ
- Nicodemus of Mammola (900–990), Italian hermit
- Nicodemus of Palermo (died 1083), Eastern Orthodox bishop in Sicily
- Nicodemus I of Peć (died 1325), Serbian Archbishop and monk-scribe
- Nicodemus of Tismana (c. 1320–1406), Eastern Orthodox monastic founder, translator and monk-scribe in the Balkans
- Nicodemus the Hagiorite (1749–1809), Greek Orthodox philosopher, hagiographer, and monk
- Nicodemus of Dalmatia (1845–1915), Serbian Orthodox bishop and hieroconfessor
Others
- Nicodemus ben Gurion, a wealthy Jewish man who lived in Jerusalem in the 1st century AD.
- Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (1547–1590), German scholar
- Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654–1728), Swedish architect and city planner
- Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615–1681), Swedish architect
- Nicodème Audet (1822–1905), Canadian merchant and politician
- Nikodim Kondakov (1844–1925), Russian historian
- Nicodemus D. Wernette (1885–1956), American judge
- Nicodemo Scarfo (1929–2017), Italian-American mafioso
- Nicodemus (musician) (1957–1996), Jamaican dancehall deejay
- Nikodimos Papavasiliou (born 1970), Cypriot manager and former footballer
- Fred Nicodemus, a physicist, author of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function
