# Nikki (given name)

Nikki is a given name. It is commonly a nickname for Nicholas and its variants Nikolina, Nicole, Nicola; and Nikita, and Veronica. It is also a Punjabi name (Gurmukhi: ਨਿੱਕੀ; Shahmukhi: نکی) meaning “little one”, with its male counterpart being Nikku (Gurmukhi: ਨਿੱਕੂ; Shahmukhi: نکو).

## Arts and entertainment
### Music

* Nikki Hornsby, American singer-songwriter
* Nikki Kerkhof (born 1983), Dutch singer, and winner of Idols 4
* Nikki Lee, Japanese-American singer known as Nikki (singer)
* Nikki McKibbin (1978–2020), American singer in the 2002 debut season of American Idol
* Nikki Sixx (born 1958), Mötley Crüe bassist
* Nikki Stringfield, guitarist for The Iron Maidens and Before The Mourning
* Nikki Sudden (1956–2006), English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Nikki Webster (born 1987), Australian pop star and model
* Nikki Yanofsky (born 1994), Canadian jazz-pop singer

### Television, film, and stage

* Nikki Bacolod (born 1989), Filipina actress and musician
* Nikki Bedi (born 1966), television and radio presenter
* Nikki Blonsky (born 1988), American actress known as Tracy Turnblad in the remake of Hairspray
* Nikki Cox (born 1978), American actress known for roles in Unhappily Ever After and Las Vegas
* Nikki Crawford, American stage actress
* Nikii Daas (born 1988), Indian model, actress and beauty queen
* Nikki DeLoach (born 1979), American actress
* Nikki Gil (born 1987), Filipina singer, actress, host, model and VJ
* Nikki Glaser (born 1984), comedian
* Nikki Grahame (1982–2021), contestant on Big Brother 7 in the UK
* Nikki Patel (born 1990), British actress from Coronation Street
* Nikki Reed (born 1988), American actress known as Rosalie Hale in The Twilight Saga
* Nikki Sanderson (born 1984), British actress known as Candice Stowe in Coronation Street
* Nikki Tamboli (born 1996), Indian film actress
* Nikki Tilroe (1941–2005), Canadian puppeteer known as the Mime Lady on Today's Special
* Nikki Valdez (born 1981), Filipino actress and singer
* Nikki Ziering (born 1971), American model and actress

### Professional wrestling

* Nikki Bella (born 1983), ring name of American professional wrestler Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace
* Nikki Roxx, a ring name of American professional wrestler Nicole Raczynski
* Nikki Cross (born 1989), a ring name of Scottish professional wrestler Nicola Glencross

### Adult entertainment

* Nikki Benz, Canadian pornographic actress and film director
* Nikki Tyler (born 1972), American former pornographic actress

## Sports

* Nikki Bishop (born 1973), Australian equestrian
* Nikki Franke (born 1951), American fencer and fencing coach
* Nikki Garrett (born 1984), Australian professional golfer
* Nikki Kidd (born 1987), Scottish field hockey forward
* Nikki Teasley (born 1979), basketball player for the Washington Mystics in the Women's National Basketball Association

## Other fields

* Nikki Allan (died 1992), English murder victim
* Nikki Craft, American political activist, feminist, artist and writer
* Nikki Denholm, New Zealand photographer and humanitarian
* Nikki Giovanni (born 1943), American poet and author
* Nikki Haley (born 1972), governor of South Carolina
* Nikki Hemming (born 1967), CEO of Sharman Networks and President of LEF Interactive
* Nikki Thomas (activist), Canadian women's rights activist and former prostitute
* Nikki Whitehead, American victim of matricide

## Fictional characters

* Nikki (comics), member of the Guardians of the Galaxy
* Nikki Newman, in the CBS soap opera The Young and The Restless
* Nikki Fernandez, on the ABC television drama Lost
* Nikki Maxwell, main character in the Dork Diaries book series
* Nikki Morris, a character in the 2004 video game Need for Speed: Underground 2, voiced by Kelly Brook
* Nikki Wong, on the Canadian animated television series 6teen
* Nikki (Dead or Alive character), from the Dead or Alive video game series
* Nikki, a.k.a. Naoko Yanagisawa, from the Japanese anime series Cardcaptor Sakura/ Cardcaptors, voiced by Kelly Sheridan in the English dub
* Nikki, on the webseries The Strangerhood
* Nikki, subject of the song "Darling Nikki" by R&B musician Prince
* Nikki Darling, a character on the 1980s animated television series Beverly Hills Teens
* Nikki, from the Diva Starz toy line
* Nikki, in the 2009 sex comedy film Spread, portrayed by Ashton Kutcher
* Nikki, protagonist of Queensryche's album Operation: Mindcrime
* Nikki, one of two protagonists in the video game Pandemonium!
* Nikki Ann-Marie, a dateable character in the dating simulation videogame Huniepop
* Nikki, a character in the 2006 video game Need for Speed: Carbon, voiced by Emmanuelle Vaugier