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Nicodemus

“victory” + “people”

masculineLatin script

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English (Southern England)

Origin: Ancient Greek
4 language contexts: English Spanish Finnish +1 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Nicodemus

Nicodemus is a masculine given name documented in English, Spanish, Finnish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Νῑκόδημος, from the components “victory” + “people”.

Ancient Greek origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “victory” + “people”

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (5)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q27624384
Masculine usage in English · Wiktionary: Nicodemus
Masculine usage in Latin · Wiktionary: Nicodemus
Masculine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Nicodemus
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Nicodemus

Explore all 4 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Nicodemus” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q27624384.

All pronunciation details (8)

/nɪkəˈdiːməs/ — English
[nikoˈð̞emus] — Spanish
[ni.koˈdɛː.mus] — Latin (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
[niː.kɔˈdeː.mʊs] — Latin (Classical Latin)
/\niː.koˈdeː.mus\/ — Latin
[niːkɔˈd̪eːmʊs̠] — Latin
/\ni.koˈde.mus\/ — Latin
[nikɔˈd̪ɛːmus] — Latin

02 / Across borders

Where Nicodemus is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Nicodemus’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 45 boys (rank 2798). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Nicodemus

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 45; applications; Rank #2,798
Peak year: 2022; 48 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Nicodemus in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	6	3,867	observed
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	5	4,907	observed
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	6	4,505	observed
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	9	3,659	observed
1976	11	3,264	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	7	4,554	observed
1979	5	6,056	observed
1980	13	3,256	observed
1981	11	3,601	observed
1982	5	6,385	observed
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	7	5,147	observed
1986	7	5,332	observed
1987	6	6,089	observed
1988	5	7,270	observed
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	12	4,407	observed
1991	7	6,519	observed
1992	22	2,999	observed
1993	19	3,368	observed
1994	31	2,444	observed
1995	14	4,280	observed
1996	27	2,747	observed
1997	23	3,160	observed
1998	19	3,708	observed
1999	23	3,376	observed
2000	26	3,219	observed
2001	29	3,061	observed
2002	30	3,022	observed
2003	31	3,044	observed
2004	22	4,005	observed
2005	33	3,091	observed
2006	29	3,524	observed
2007	30	3,511	observed
2008	20	4,714	observed
2009	24	4,160	observed
2010	26	3,894	observed
2011	27	3,792	observed
2012	25	4,003	observed
2013	32	3,339	observed
2014	37	3,038	observed
2015	30	3,591	observed
2016	26	3,990	observed
2017	36	3,193	observed
2018	32	3,446	observed
2019	32	3,496	observed
2020	39	2,980	observed
2021	39	3,074	observed
2022	48	2,717	observed
2023	37	3,228	observed
2024	35	3,335	observed
2025	45	2,798	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Nicodemus” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Nicodemus— “victory of the people”
Nicodemus, _m._ _Eng._ Gr. victory of the people, 90
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
1654–1728
Swedish architect (1654-1728)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
1615–1681
Swedish architect (1615–1681)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Nicodemus with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q27624384CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nicodemus.wavCC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Nicodemus

Ancient Greek origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “victory” + “people”

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (5)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q27624384
Masculine usage in English · Wiktionary: Nicodemus
Masculine usage in Latin · Wiktionary: Nicodemus
Masculine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Nicodemus
Masculine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Nicodemus

Explore all 4 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Nicodemus” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q27624384.

All pronunciation details (8)

/nɪkəˈdiːməs/ — English
[nikoˈð̞emus] — Spanish
[ni.koˈdɛː.mus] — Latin (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
[niː.kɔˈdeː.mʊs] — Latin (Classical Latin)
/\niː.koˈdeː.mus\/ — Latin
[niːkɔˈd̪eːmʊs̠] — Latin
/\ni.koˈde.mus\/ — Latin
[nikɔˈd̪ɛːmus] — Latin

Where Nicodemus is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Nicodemus’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 45 boys (rank 2798). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 15 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Nicodemus

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 45; applications; Rank #2,798
Peak year: 2022; 48 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Nicodemus in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	6	3,867	observed
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	5	4,907	observed
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	6	4,505	observed
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	9	3,659	observed
1976	11	3,264	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	7	4,554	observed
1979	5	6,056	observed
1980	13	3,256	observed
1981	11	3,601	observed
1982	5	6,385	observed
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	7	5,147	observed
1986	7	5,332	observed
1987	6	6,089	observed
1988	5	7,270	observed
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	12	4,407	observed
1991	7	6,519	observed
1992	22	2,999	observed
1993	19	3,368	observed
1994	31	2,444	observed
1995	14	4,280	observed
1996	27	2,747	observed
1997	23	3,160	observed
1998	19	3,708	observed
1999	23	3,376	observed
2000	26	3,219	observed
2001	29	3,061	observed
2002	30	3,022	observed
2003	31	3,044	observed
2004	22	4,005	observed
2005	33	3,091	observed
2006	29	3,524	observed
2007	30	3,511	observed
2008	20	4,714	observed
2009	24	4,160	observed
2010	26	3,894	observed
2011	27	3,792	observed
2012	25	4,003	observed
2013	32	3,339	observed
2014	37	3,038	observed
2015	30	3,591	observed
2016	26	3,990	observed
2017	36	3,193	observed
2018	32	3,446	observed
2019	32	3,496	observed
2020	39	2,980	observed
2021	39	3,074	observed
2022	48	2,717	observed
2023	37	3,228	observed
2024	35	3,335	observed
2025	45	2,798	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Nicodemus— “victory of the people”
Nicodemus, _m._ _Eng._ Gr. victory of the people, 90
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
1654–1728
Swedish architect (1654-1728)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
1615–1681
Swedish architect (1615–1681)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q27624384CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: NicodemusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nicodemus.wavCC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Nicodemus

About Nicodemus

Ancient Greek origin

Where Nicodemus is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Nicodemus Tessin the Younger

Nicodemus Tessin the Elder

Nikodemus

Никодим

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Nicodemus

About Nicodemus

Ancient Greek origin

Where Nicodemus is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Nicodemus Tessin the Younger

Nicodemus Tessin the Elder

Nikodemus

Никодим

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Nicodemus

Ancient Greek origin

Where Nicodemus is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Nicodemus Tessin the Younger

Nicodemus Tessin the Elder

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Nikodemus

Никодим

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Nicodemus

Ancient Greek origin

Where Nicodemus is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Nicodemus Tessin the Younger

Nicodemus Tessin the Elder

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Nikodemus

Никодим

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page