Victoria

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Victoria

Say it: vik-TOR-ee-uh

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Meaning

Latin victoria 'victory'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

The name of a Roman goddess and of early martyrs, made enormously popular by Queen Victoria.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1990s

In the United States

506,710 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 1993, about 1 in 140 girls
5,257 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Latin Early Christian English Italian Spanish French Polish German American Mexican Central American Andean Argentine Caribbean Brazilian

The family of the name

Other spellings: Vicky

Italian	Vittoria
Spanish	Victoria
French	Victoire
Polish	Wiktoria
Portuguese	Vitória
German	Viktoria

Famous bearers

Queen Victoria
Vittoria Colonna, Italian poet
Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer

Names worth a look

JuliaGirlLatin, feminine of Julius, a Roman family name of uncertain origin; the meaning 'youthful' found on name lists is a…Biblical · peak 1885

DianaGirlThe Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon; her name is probably from an old Indo-European root meaning 'divine, of…Rome · peak 1946

VirginiaGirlFrom the Roman family name Verginius, of uncertain origin, though long associated with Latin virgo 'maiden'.Rome · peak 1922

CynthiaGirlGreek, 'woman of Mount Kynthos', an epithet of Artemis.Greece · peak 1957

PaulaGirlLatin, feminine of Paulus 'small'.Rome · peak 1963

LucyGirlLatin Lucia, feminine of Lucius, which is generally derived from lux 'light'.Rome · peak 1891

VictorBoyLatin victor, 'conqueror'.Rome · peak 1918

VictoireGirlFrom Latin victoria 'victory'.Revolutions

Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
Royal and noble genealogies
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.