Talk:Nikita (given name)

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I can find no credible evidence anywhere at all that Nikita was in fact a French, or female name, prior to the release of Nikita (song) and La Femme Nikita. My understanding is that the movie never clarifies whether Nikita is a birth name, nickname, etc. Certainly there is a dearth of famous French women in history with this as a given name; I can't find any at all. It appears that the French popularity of the name for girls is only since the movie's 1990 release. Since John's video predates this, was performed by a gay man, and was about a Russian soldier in the early 80s, it seems implausible that it was ever referring to a woman. The websites given referencing Nikita as historically a girl's name have no reliable sources listed, and indeed baby name sites are notorious for rampant copying of other baby name sites' meanings, many of which are fabricated, misleading or just plain incorrect.

In essence it would probably be more accurate to say that "Nikita is a boys' name of Slavic origin, but since the release of Elton John's video Nikita has (erroneously) been given to girls, and has thus become popular as a girls' name, particularly in France following the release of La Femme Nikita." SaucyWench (talk) 10:13, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

I second that. Though Nikita is used in Slavic countries (to me it will always be a Russian male name) but the origin is Greek.--Spaceflower (talk) 13:44, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

There seems to me to be no evidence that it is a girls' name.--Jack Upland (talk) 08:30, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Nikita Soosani

Please add Nikita Soosani who is a living Iranian-Swedish female singer to the list. Aminabzz (talk) 15:46, 10 April 2020 (UTC)