Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Nicki
/NIK · ee/
Meaning
“Victory of the people”
Diminutive of Nicole or Nicholas, from Greek Nikolaos meaning 'victory of the people'; widely used as a standalone name and associated with rapper Nicki Minaj.
Nicknames
nick · nicky
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Pop-culture linked; ages casually but may feel more like a nickname than a given name.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US and UK as a nickname through the 1980s and 1990s; sustained by Nicki Minaj's global profile since 2010.