Nifon may refer to: A village in the commune of Hamcearca, Romania Nephon I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1310–1314 Niphon of Kafsokalyvia (1316–1411), Greek Orthodox saint and hermit Patriarch Niphon of Alexandria, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria, 1366–1385 Nephon II of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1486–1488, 1497–1498, 1502 Nifon Rusailă (1789–1875), Metropolitan of Ungro-Wallachia, 1850–1865, and first Metropolitan-Primate of Romania, 1865–1875 Nifon Niculescu (1858–1923), Romanian Orthodox Bishop of the Lower Danube Nifon, an alternative form of Nippon (Japan)