What does your name mean?
I just got curious so I decided to search for it. Part of my given name is Thessalonica and according to the one source in the web:
Thessalonica - a large and populous city on the Thermaic bay. It was the capital of one of the four Roman districts of Macedonia, and was ruled by a praetor. It was named after Thessalonica, the wife of Cassander, who built the city. She was so called by her father, Philip, because he first heard of her birth on the day of his gaining a victory over the Thessalians. On his second missionary journey, Paul preached in the synagogue here, the chief synagogue of the Jews in that part of Macedonia, and laid the foundations of a church (Acts 17:1-4; 1 Thes. 1:9). The violence of the Jews drove him from the city, when he fled to Berea (Acts 17:5-10). The “rulers of the city” before whom the Jews “drew Jason,” with whom Paul and Silas lodged, are in the original called politarchai, an unusual word, which was found, however, inscribed on an arch in Thessalonica. This discovery confirms the accuracy of the historian. Paul visited the church here on a subsequent occasion (20:1-3). This city long retained its importance. It is the most important town of European Turkey, under the name of Saloniki, with a mixed population of about 85,000.
I didn’t know that much. I only knew that my name was taken from the Bible and that my name is also a place (since I’ve been told about it by one person I chatted with in IMVU back when it was a new program). I decided to see what my nickname Nika meant:
Wikipedia says:
Nika may refer to:
* Nika (singer) (born 1979), Spanish singer
* Nika, a derogatory name for Mijikenda, the nine ethnic groups along the coast of Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania
* Nika Award, a Russian film award
* Nika, a Persian name, means good and happy and beautiful and delicate. The name is also is considered to mean clear and good water. (In Persian: نیکا)People with the given name Nika:
* Nika Futterman, American voice actress who is the voice of Miguel on the PBS Kids show Maya & Miguel
* Nika Turković, the Croatian entry for Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2004
* Nika Volek, fictional character from Fox television series Prison Break
Not bad. 
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good to know you the story behind your name. A lot of people don’t know how they got their names hehehe:)
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wow, cool name, nika! very ancient… and apparently very meaningful as well. now i’m getting curious as to the names of your siblings (if any)
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