Nicanor

NIK-ah-nor

Greek

"victory"

Nicanor Origin and Meaning

The name Nicanor is a boy's name meaning "victory".

Derived from Greek name Nike "victory", this name has been borne by many notable figures, from ancient times to the present day. It belonged to several early kings of Macedonia and to a 1st-century Catholic saint, Nicanor the Deacon, which accounts for its use in the Spanish-speaking world to this day.

Literary namesakes include prominent Chilean poet Nicanor Parra, a spy in Shakespeare’s tragedy Coriolanus, and an unfortunate bureaucrat in Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita.

Famous People Named Nicanor

• (Óscar) Nicanor Duarte 47th President of Paraguay
• Nicanor Segundo Parra Chilean poet
• Nicanor Jesús "Nicky" Pineda Perlas III Filipino activist and politician
• Nicanor Santa Ana Abelardo Filipino composer
• Nicanor Zabaleta Spanish harpist
• Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco American microbiologist and priest
• Nicanor González del Solar Argentine rugby union player