Niks
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Segvārds, iesauka
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 15 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
Niks is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country.
- LVLatvia1 in 1.1K(measured from records)
- ISIceland1 in 88K
- DKDenmark1 in 345K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Latvia (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 44 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
1,669 people
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Latvia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Segvārds, iesauka
Cited for this meaning 1
- Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Niks counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
1,669 people counted by PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Niks is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latvian, Vīrieša vārds
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Niķis
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Dutch, nothing
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Dutch
In nds, nothing; alternative form of nix
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, no, no way
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Nick Holonyakb. 1928USnot in their usual nameAmerican physicist (1928–2022)
- Nick Nolteb. 1941USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1941)
- Nick Parkb. 1958GBnot in their usual nameBritish animator and filmmaker (born 1958)
- Nick Griffinb. 1959GBnot in their usual nameBritish politician (born 1959)
- Nick Cleggb. 1967GBnot in their usual nameBritish politician and media executive (born 1967)
- Nick Heidfeldb. 1977DEnot in their usual nameGerman racing driver
- Nick Carterb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (born 1980)
- Afrojackb. 1987NLnot in their usual nameDutch electronic dance music producer and DJ (born 1987)
- Nicky Romerob. 1989NLnot in their usual nameDutch DJ, record producer and remixer
- Nick Robinsonb. 1995USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)21 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup) | — | 1.7K | #301 |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register) | — | 1.7K | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 17 | #4,981 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 12 | #32,575 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 5 | #17,968 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 4 | — |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 2 | #28,248 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #38,305 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Niks?
- In the etymology graph, Nicholas, Nick and Kai are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Niks a male or female name?
- Niks is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Niks mean?
- Recorded meaning: Segvārds, iesauka
- In which country does Niks have the most bearers?
- In Latvia, the national register counted about 1.7 thousand people named Niks, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled niks.
- Where is Niks most common?
- Niks is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.1 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Niks?
- In Latvia, the national register counted 1,669 people named Niks, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Niks?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/niksThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Niks”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.