First names in Hebrew

First name Nico: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ניקו

Gematria value: 166

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Nico is written ניקו

Nico is a short form of Nicholas, common in Italian and Spanish.

Meaning and origin

What does Nico mean?

Meaning: "victory of the people"
Origin: Greek

Nicholas comes from the Greek Nikolaos, made of nike, "victory", and laos, "people": "victory of the people". It has been worn in every European language for centuries, and it was among the most given boys' names in America in the 1990s. Nick and Nico are its short forms.

Gematria

Nico = 166

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ניקו has 4 letters:

• נthe letter Nun50
• יthe letter Yod10
• קthe letter Kuf100
• וthe letter Vav6
• Total166

The verse of the name

From the letter Nun to the letter Vav

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Nico, from נ to ו:

נַפְשִׁי יְשׁוֹבֵב יַנְחֵנִי בְמַעְגְּלֵי־צֶדֶק לְמַעַן שְׁמוֹ׃

“He restores my soul; He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.”

Psalms 23:3

The book of your first name

Nico, in nine pages

• Nico, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Nico
• Nico, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Nico in three answers

How do you write Nico in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Nico is written ניקו. Nico is a short form of Nicholas, common in Italian and Spanish.

What is the gematria value of Nico?
Written ניקו, Nico is worth 166: the letter Nun (50) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Vav (6).

What does Nico mean?
Victory of the people (origin: Greek). Nicholas comes from the Greek Nikolaos, made of nike, "victory", and laos, "people": "victory of the people". It has been worn in every European language for centuries, and it was among the most given boys' names in America in the 1990s. Nick and Nico are its short forms.