Nicodemus (given name) explained

Nicodemus
Gender:	Masculine
Meaning:	“Victory of the people”
Language:	Greek

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 and References

1. Web site: Campbell. Mike. Meaning, origin and history of the name Nicodemus. 2022-12-29. Behind the Name. en.
2. Web site: Zosia i Antek najpopularniejszymi imionami 2022 roku - Cyfryzacja KPRM - Portal Gov.pl .