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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and central European : from a personal name of Greek origin, composed of the elements nikē ‘victory’ + dēmos ‘people’. This is the name borne in the New Testament by a Greek Jew defended Jesus before the religious leaders (John 7:50) and was present at his burial (John 19:39).

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