Släkthistoria för Nikitas
Nikitas Vad efternamn betyder
Greek:: from the personal name Nikitas classical Greek Nikētas a derivative of nikān ‘to conquer’. This name was popular among early Christians as an allusion to Christ's victory over death and was borne by several saints including a 4th-century converted Ostrogoth and a 5th-century missionary to Dacia. Both have a more active cult in the Orthodox Church than the Roman Catholic. possibly also a shortened form of any of patronymics derived from the personal name Nikitas (see 1 above) e.g. Nikitakis.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
