Girl · Latin
Victoire
Say it: veek-TWAHR
Meaning
From Latin victoria 'victory'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
An 18th-century court name revived in France in recent years.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 80 babies given this name since 1918
- At its height in 1918, about 1 in 231,500 girls
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Victoria |
|---|---|
| Italian | Vittoria |
Famous bearers
- Madame Victoire, daughter of Louis XV
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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