Entry № 7457 · Greek origin

Nike Nike — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEE-keh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Victory (Greek goddess + Winged Victory of Samothrace + Nike brand)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "victory (greek goddess + winged victory of samothrace + nike brand)".

Nike is from the Greek nīkē (νίκη — victory). Nike in Greek mythology is the goddess of victory, daughter of the Titan Pallas and Styx, companion of Zeus and Athena; appears throughout Homer's Iliad, the Odyssey, and Hesiod's Theogony (c. 700 BCE). The iconic Winged Victory of Samothrace (c. 200-190 BCE) is one of the great masterpieces of Hellenistic sculpture, displayed at the Louvre since 1884. The Nike brand (founded 1964 by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight) is the world's largest sportswear company — over $51 billion annual revenue — with the iconic Just Do It slogan (1988) and Swoosh logo by Carolyn Davidson (1971).

Victory (Greek goddess + Winged Victory of Samothrace + Nike brand) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Νίκη
Transliteration
Nīkē
Pronunciation
/ ˈniː.keɪ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nike stands.

Nike does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Nikes before her.

Real people

In fiction
Nike (Greek)
Greek goddess of victory.

Names connected to Nike.

The number behind Nike.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nike reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.