Nikolaidis

Nikolaidis (Greek: Νικολαΐδης) is a Greek surname associated typically with the regions of Asia Minor and Pontus but also found across Macedonia and Thrace. It is a patronymic surname that literally means "the son of Nikolaos (Nicolaos)", equivalent to English Nicholson or Nixon, and can also be found transliterated as Nicolaidis, Nicolaides, or even Nikolaides. The feminine form is Nikolaidou (Greek: Νικολαΐδου) but the less formal Nikolaidi (Greek: Νικολαΐδη) can also be found in use as well.

Notable people with this surname include:

Alexandros Nikolaidis (born 1979), Greek Taekwondo athlete
Alexandros Nikolaidis (basketball) (born 2002), Greek basketball player
Andrej Nikolaidis (born 1974), Bosnian novelist and critic
Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete) (1896–1980), Greek footballer and track athlete
Apostolos Nikolaidis (singer) (1938–1999), Greek singer
Demis Nikolaidis (born 1973), Greek footballer
Dimitris Nikolaidis (1922–1993), Greek actor
Efstratios Nikolaidis (born 1985), Greek Paralympic athlete
Elena Nikolaidi (1909–2002), Greek-American opera singer
Kalypso Nicolaïdis, Greek-French academic
Katerina Nikolaidou (born 1992), Greek rower
Kostas Nikolaidis, Greek footballer
Nikos Nikolaidis (1939–2007), Greek film director and script writer
Prodromos "Makis" Nikolaidis (born 1978), Greek basketball player
Sotiris "Sotos" Nikolaidis (born 1974), Greek basketball player
Theofilaktos Nikolaidis (born 1973), Greek footballer
Vera Nikolaidou, Greek parliament member

See also