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Nikša

Male#358 most common in Croatia1,993 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Victory of the people
Origin:
Greek

About the name Nikša

Croatian diminutive of Nikola (Nicholas), common in Dalmatia.

Name day and nicknames

Name day:
December 6

Popularity with newborns

Nikša has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

1,993 people in Croatia are called Nikša, according to the 2021 census. That is #358 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Nikša is recorded in 16 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaLičko-senjskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPožeško-slavonskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

CroatianCoastalTraditionalModerately common

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.