Nicodemus is a masculine given name of Greek origin meaning “victory of the people.” Nicodemus is a Biblical figure. Nikodem, a Croatian and Polish version of the name, was among the most popular names for newborn boys in Poland in 2022.
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Versions in different languages
Albanian: Nikodem
Arabic: نيقوديموس (Niqudimus), نيقوديم (Niqudim)
Basque: Nikodemo
Belarusian: Нікадзім (Nikadzim)
Bulgarian: Никодим (Nikodim)
Catalan: Nicodem
Chinese: 尼哥底母 (Ní gē dǐ mǔ)
Croatian: Nikodem
Czech: Nikodém, Nikodým
Danish: Nikodemus
Dutch: Nikodemus
Esperanto: Nikodemo
Finnish: Nikodemos
French: Nicodème
German: Nikodemus
Greek: Νικόδημος (Nikódimos)
Hebrew: ניקודמוס (Nyqwdmws)
Hungarian: Nikodémosz
Indonesian: Nikodemus
Italian: Nicodemo
Japanese: ニコデモ (Nikodemo)
Kiswahili: Nikodemo
Korean: 니고데모 (Nigodemo)
Macedonian: Никодим (Nikodim)
Maltese: Nikodemu
Norwegian: Nikodemus
Polish: Nikodem
Portuguese: Nicodemo
Romanian: Nicodim
Russian: Никодим (Nikodim)
Serbian: Никодим (Nikodim)
Slovak: Nikodém
Slovenian: Nikodém
Spanish: Nicodemo
Swedish: Nikodemos
Tamil: நிக்கதேம் (Nikodim)
Ukrainian: Никодим (Nykodym)
People
Saints
Nicodemus, Jewish pharisee and secret disciple of Christ
Nicodemus of Mammola (900–990), Italian hermit
Nicodemus of Palermo (died 1083), Eastern Orthodox bishop in Sicily
Nicodemus I of Peć (died 1325), Serbian Archbishop and monk-scribe
Nicodemus of Tismana (c. 1320–1406), Eastern Orthodox monastic founder, translator and monk-scribe in the Balkans
Nicodemus the Hagiorite (1749–1809), Greek Orthodox philosopher, hagiographer, and monk
Nicodemus of Dalmatia (1845–1915), Serbian Orthodox bishop and hieroconfessor
Others
Nicodemus ben Gurion, a wealthy Jewish man who lived in Jerusalem in the 1st century AD.
Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (1547–1590), German scholar
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654–1728), Swedish architect and city planner
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615–1681), Swedish architect
Nicodème Audet (1822–1905), Canadian merchant and politician
Nikodim Kondakov (1844–1925), Russian historian
Nicodemus D. Wernette (1885–1956), American judge
Nicodemo Scarfo (1929–2017), Italian-American mafioso
Nicodemus (musician) (1957–1996), Jamaican dancehall deejay
Nikodimos Papavasiliou (born 1970), Cypriot manager and former footballer
Fred Nicodemus, a physicist, author of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function
Apocryphal gospel
Gospel of Nicodemus, a fourth-century apocryphal gospel, claimed to be derived from a work by Nicodemus from the Gospel of John
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 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