Vittoria

Girl · Latin

Vittoria

Say it: veet-TOH-ryah

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Meaning

From Latin victoria 'victory'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

1,338 babies given this name since 1918
At its height in 2010, about 1 in 31,200 girls
31 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Victoria
Spanish	Victoria
French	Victoire

Famous bearers

Vittoria Colonna, poet and friend of Michelangelo

Names worth a look

EleonoraGirlFrom Occitan Alienor, whose origin is uncertain; popular derivations from Greek or from 'another Aenor' are unproven.Middle Ages · peak 1892

PhilippaGirlFeminine of Philip, from Greek philos 'loving' and hippos 'horse'.Middle Ages · peak 2017

MargheritaGirlFrom Greek margarites 'pearl'.Middle Ages · peak 1898

ClementinaGirlDerived from Clemens 'merciful, mild'.Renaissance · peak 1908

RufinaGirlFeminine of Rufinus, from Rufus 'red, red-haired'.Rome · peak 1910 · forgotten

MaddalenaGirlFrom Magdalene, 'woman from Magdala', a town on the Sea of Galilee whose name comes from a word for 'tower'.Middle Ages

FedericoBoyFrom Germanic Frederick, from frid 'peace' and ric 'ruler, power'.Middle Ages · peak 1976

PhaedraGirlFrom Greek phaidros 'bright, shining'.Greece · peak 1971 · forgotten

Where this comes from

Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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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.