Name derived from the Greek ( nike nikes: victory ) Therefore it means victorious. This name was Yes used by our grandparents, but nowadays just heard. A character of our history that led it was Niceto Alcalá Zamora, writer and conservative politician, first President of the second Republic, born in Priego ( 41 Cordoba; in 1977 and died in exile in Buenos Aires in 1949 as many other Spaniards due to our long and unpunished dictatorship.