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| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | 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]
Versions in different languages
Different versions of the name are in use in countries all over the world. Niqudimus and Niqudim are the Arabic versions; Nikadzim is the Belarusian version; Nicodem is the Catalan version; Ní gē dǐ mǔ is the Chinese version; Nicodème is the French version of the name; Nikodemos is the Finnish and Swedish version; Nikódimos is the Greek version of the name; Nikodemus is the Danish, Dutch, German, Indonesian, and Norwegian version; Nikodémosz is the Hungarian version; Nicodemo is the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish version; Nikodemo is the Basque, Esperanto, Japanese, and Kiswahili version; Nigodemo is the Korean version; Nicodim is the Romanian version; Nikodim is the Russian and Serbian version; Nikkatēm is the Tamil version; Nykodym is the Ukrainian version.
People
- Nicodemus (Krotkov) (1868–1938), Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Kostroma and Galich
- Nicodemus (musician) (1957–1996), Jamaican dancehall deejay
- Nicodemus (Rusnak) (1921–2011), Ukrainian Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv
- Nicodemus of Mammola (900–990), Italian hermit and saint
- Nicodemus of Palermo (died 1083), bishop
- Saint Nikodim I, Serbian Archbishop, 1316–1324
- Nikodim II, Serbian Patriarch (c. 1445-1455)
- Nicodème Audet (1822–1905), Canadian merchant and politician
- Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (1547–1590), German scholar
- Nicodemus the Hagiorite (1749–1809), saint
- Nikodim Kondakov (1844–1925), Russian historian
- Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad (1929–1978)
- Nikodimos Papavasiliou (born 1970), Cypriot manager and former footballer
- Nicodemo Scarfo (1929–2017), Italian American mafioso
- Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654–1728), Swedish architect and city planner
- Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615–1681), Swedish architect
- Nikodim Tsarknias (born 1942), Macedonian monk
- Fred Nicodemus, a physicist, author of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function
Apocryphal Gospel
- Gospel of Nicodemus, a fourth century CE Apocryphal Gospel, claimed to be derived from a work by Nicodemus from St. John's Gospel
Fictional characters
- Nicodemus, a wise rat who helps the title character in the book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and in the 1982 animated film adaptation The Secret of NIMH
- Nicodemus, Robin Williams' character's dog in the License to Wed
- Nicodemus, a villain in Batman
- Nicodemus Archleone, a villain in The Dresden Files
- Nicodemus, father of Empress Eartia in the American comic book Atarian Conquest
- Nicodemus Boffin, nouveau riche character in Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend
- Nicodemus Dumps, misanthropic character in Charles Dickens' Sketches by Boz tale the Bloomsbury Christening
- Nicodemus Legend, the protagonist in the television series Legend
- Nicodemus, the deputy of the sheriff (Gospel Bill) in the Christian children's show The Gospel Bill Show
Notes
- ↑ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Nicodemus". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ↑ "Zosia i Antek najpopularniejszymi imionami 2022 roku - Cyfryzacja KPRM - Portal Gov.pl".