Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Hиколић), meaning "son of Nikola", is a common South Slavic surname and is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Austria and Serbia. Nikolić is the third most frequent surname in Serbia,[1] and is also common in Croatia, with 6,353 carriers (2011 census).[2]
It may refer to the following people:
- Aleksandar Nikolić (1924–2000), Serbian basketball player and coach
- Aleksandra Nikolić (born 1990), Serbian fashion model
- Ana Nikolić (born 1978), Serbian singer
- Andrew Nikolic (born 1961), Australian politician, retired Australian Army brigadier
- Cleopatra Zvezdana Nikolic (stage name Cleo Sol, born 1990), British singer-songwriter
- Dragan Nikolić (1943–2016), Serbian actor
- Jelena Nikolić (born 1982), Serbian volleyball player
- Maja Nikolić (born 1975), Serbian singer
- Marijan Nikolić (born 1981), Croatian footballer
- Marko Nikolić (disambiguation), several people
- Milan Nikolić (born 1979), Serbian accordionist
- Milan Nikolić, Serbian footballer
- Milijana Nikolic (born 1975), Serbian opera soprano
- Milorad Nikolić (1920–2006), Serbian footballer
- Miloš Nikolić (disambiguation), several people
- Momir Nikolić (born 1955), Bosnian Serbian former Assistant Chief of Security and Intelligence for the Bosnian Serb Army
- Nebojša Nikolić (born 1968), Bosnian chess master
- Nemanja Nikolić (disambiguation), several people
- Nenad Nikolić (disambiguation), several people
- Predrag Nikolić (born 1960), Bosnian chess grandmaster
- Siniša Nikolić (born 1967), Yugoslav footballer
- Sladjan Nikolic (born 1974), Serbian football manager and former midfielder
- Stefan Nikolić (disambiguation), several people
- Stevo Nikolić (born 1984), Bosnian Serb footballer
- Stojan "Niki" Nikolic (born 1949), former Yugoslav-American soccer defender
- Tomislav Nikolić (born 1952), former president of Serbia
- Uroš Nikolić (born 1987), Serbian basketball player
- Uroš Nikolić (born 1993), Serbian football midfielder
- Vera Nikolić (1948–2021), Serbian track and field athlete
- Vera Nikolić Podrinska (1886–1972), Croatian painter and baroness
- Vinko Nikolić (1912–1997), Croatian writer and journalist
- Vito Nikolić (1934–1994), Montenegrin poet
- Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (born as Miloš Nikolić; 1911–1938), Albanian poet
- Zoran M. Nikolić (born 1967), Serbian politician
Other
- House of Nikolić, Serbian noble house
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Најчешћа имена и презимена (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2011.
- ^ "Names and surnames in Republic of Croatia". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-08.