Nikola (
Cyrillic: Никола) is a
given name, derived from Greek
Nikolaos (Νικόλαος), common in the
Republic of Macedonia,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Montenegro, and
Serbia. It can be used as a first name or a middle name. In the
Czech Republic it is used both as a male and female name, in
Poland and
Slovakia it is only a female name.
People
- Nikola, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Serbian prince
- Nikola Altomanović, Serbian medieval ruler
- Nikola Avramov, Bulgarian painter
- Nikola Brejchová, Czech athlete
- Nikola Frankopan, Croatian ban
- Nikola Grbić, Serbian volleyball player
- Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian Slav Prime minister
- Nikola Jerkan, Croatian footballer
- Nikola Jorgic, Bosnian Serb soldier
- Nikola Jovanović, Montenegrin footballer
- Nikola Jurčević, Croatian footballer
- Nikola Karev, Bulgarian/Macedonian revolutionary
- Nikola Kavaja, Serbian anti-communists
- Nikola Kljusev, Macedonian Slav politician
- Nikola Kojo, Serbian actor
- Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer
- Nikola Kovachev, Bulgarian footballer
- Nikola Kuljača, Serbian waterpolo goalkeeper
- Nikola Lashley, British journalist
- Nikola Lazetić, Serbian footballer
- Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian politician
- Nikola Mandić, Croatian politician
- Nikola Martinovski, Macedonian Slav painter
- Nikola Mijailovic, Serbian footballer
- Nikola Milojević, Serbian football goalkeeper
- Nikola Milošević, Serbian intellectual
- Nikola Modruški, Croatian catholic priest
- Nikola Moravčević, Serbian academic
- Nikola Moushmov, Bulgarian historian
- Nikola Mushanov, Bulgarian politician
- Nikola Nešković, Serbian painter
- Nikola Nikezić, Montenegrin footballer
- Nikola Nikić, Bosnian Serb footballer
- Nikola Nimac, Croatian racer
- Nikola Obreshkov, Bulgarian mathematician
- Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician and diplomat
- Nikola Petroff, Bulgarian wrestler
- Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav Croat professional tennis player
- Nikola Rachelle, English musician
- Nikola Resanovic, Serbian-American composer
- Nikola Šećeroski, Serbian politician
- Nikola Stojić, Serbian rower
- Nikola Špirić, Bosnian Serb politician
- Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Croatian-Hungarian ban
- Nikola Tesla, Serbian inventor, physicist, and mechanical engineer
- Nikola Uzunović, Serbian politician
- Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet
- Nikola Vignjević, Serbian footballer
- Nikola Vitov Gučetić, Ragusan statesman
- Nikola Vujčić, Croatian basketball player
- Nikola Zhekov, Bulgarian military
- Nikola Žigić, Serbian footballer
- Nicholas Nikola Ribic, Canadian convicted for hostage-taking