What is "niphon"

Niphon is the name of:

• Patriarch Nephon I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch in 1310–1314
• Patriarch Niphon of Alexandria, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria in 1366–1385
• Niphon Kausokalybites (1316–1411), Saint and hermit
• Patriarch Nephon II of Constantinople (Saint Niphon), Ecumenical Patriarch in 1486–1488, 1497–1498 and 1502
• Niphon Phanporm, a Thai footballer

can refer to:

• Japan (Nippon, Nihon) or the main island Honshū
• USS Niphon (1863), a steam ship of Union Navy in the American Civil War