Nikephoros (), Nikiforos or Nicephorus is a Greek male name meaning "Bringer of Victory" that was commonly used among the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire. It may refer to:
Rulers
Nikephoros I Logothetes, Byzantine emperor 802–811 Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor 963–969 Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Byzantine emperor 1078–1081 Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, despot of Epirus 1267–1297 Nikephoros II Orsini, ruler of Epirus 1335–1338 and 1356–1359
Ecclesiastical leaders Nicephorus I of Constantinople, Byzantine writer and patriarch, 758–828, author of the Stichometry and other works Nicephorus II of Constantinople, patriarch in exile at Nicaea Nicephorus of Antioch, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, 1084–1090 Nicephorus II of Kiev, Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ruthenia, 1183–1198 Patriarch Nicephorus of Alexandria, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1639 and 1645 Nikiforos of Didymoteicho, Metropolitan of Didymoteicho in 1988–2009
Others Nikephoros (Caesar) (c. 755 – after 812), half-brother of Leo IV, involved in several conspiracies Nikephoros Nikephoritzes (died 1078), eunuch chief minister of Michael VII Doukas Nikephoros Basilakes, Byzantine usurper against Nikephoros III in 1078/1079 Nikephoros Bryennios (ethnarch), father of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Byzantine general who made an attempt on the throne of Michael VII Doukas in 1077–1078 Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, son of the preceding, Byzantine general, statesman and historian, 1062–1137 Nikephoros Choumnos (c. 1250–1327), Byzantine chief minister and scholar Nikephoros Diogenes general and son to Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian, c. 1295–1360 Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Greek ecclesiastical historian, c. 1320 Nikephoros Komnenos (c. 970 – after 1026/7), Byzantine commander and governor Nikephoros Melissenos (c. 1045–1104), Byzantine general, self-proclaimed emperor and Caesar Nikephoros Ouranos, Byzantine general, chief aide to the emperor Basil II, viceroy in the East from 999 to c. 1010 Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Byzantine general, grandfather of emperor Nikephoros II Nikephoros the Monk, 13th-century monk and spiritual writer Nikephoros Theotokis (1731–1800), Greek scholar who became an archbishop in Russia Nikephoros Xiphias, Byzantine general, also aide to the emperor Basil II Nikiforos Diamandouros (born 1942), Greek and EU ombudsman Nikiforos Lytras (1832–1904), Greek painter Nikiforos Vrettakos (1912–1991), Greek writer Nikiforos (Greek singer)
See also
Nikifor (given name)