Niko

Niko may be a given name or a short form of Nikola, Nikolas, Nikolaos (Greek) and others. It may refer to:

• Nikō (1253–1314), Japanese Buddhist disciple of Nichiren
• Niko (musician), American musician active beginning 2002
• Niko Etxart (born 1953), Basque singer and musician
• Niko Hurme (born 1974), Finnish bass player
• Niko Kovač (born 1971), Croatian soccer player and manager
• Niko Kranjčar (born 1984), Croatian soccer player
• Niko Ott (born 1945), West German rower
• Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918), Georgian painter
• Maurizio De Jorio (born 1967), Italian Eurobeat artist using the stage name Niko
• NiKo, nickname for Nikola Kovač (born 1997), Bosnian pro video gamer

Fictional characters

• Niko (animated), a protagonist in the TV series 'The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
• Niko Bellic, the main character of the game Grand Theft Auto IV
• Niko Liko, a clown-like character on the Mexican station XEJ-TV
• Niklaren Goldeye (nickname Niko), a character in Tamora Pierce's Emelan books
• Niko, a character in the 1994 film The Mask
• Niko is the main character in the 2008 animated Christmas film The Flight Before Christmas
• Niko, the playable protagonist of the video game OneShot
• Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos, the main character in the 1998 film Godzilla

• Nikō (company), former name of Japanese camera-maker Cosina
• Niko Resources, a Canadian oil and gas company
• Niko, a common abbreviation of Mykolaiv (Ukrainian), also known as Nikolaev or Nikolayev (Russian), a city in southern Ukraine