The Nikšići (Serbian Cyrillic: Никшићи) was one of the historical tribes in the Ottoman Sanjak of Herzegovina, constituting the Nikšić nahija.
Demonstrated by Norbert Jokl, these names were formed by Albanian speakers and continue to be used in modern times, as seen in the Nikshi (Nikçi) brotherhood of Kelmendi.
[7] According to oral tradition, collected by the Serbian historian Petar Šobajić, the tribe dates back to the 14th century[1] and is named after Nikša, who was the son of Ilijan, the ban of Grbalj, and who was maternally a Nemanjić.
[8] Expanding on this, Risto Kovijanić said that Nikša may have moved from lands around the Morača monastery to the župa of Onogošt after the death of the Serbian prince Stefan Vukanović Nemanjić (fl.
[8] The Nikšići were a very strong tribe, having successfully conquered the Lužani and pushed back the border of the Drobnjaci territory, while tradition speaks of many conflicts between them and the Riđani.