Vittorio

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Vittorio

Say it: veet-TOH-ryoh

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Meaning

From Latin Victorius, from victor 'conqueror'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Victorious

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

05101518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1969per million babies of that sex
  • 1,141 babies given this name since 1916
  • At its height in 1969, about 1 in 68,800 boys
  • 23 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Italian

The family of the name

EnglishVictor
SpanishVíctor

Famous bearers

  • Vittorio Emanuele II, first king of united Italy
  • Vittorio De Sica, film director

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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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