Victoria (name)

Victoria
Queen Victoria is the most famous historical bearer of the name.
Pronunciation	/vɪkˈtɔəriə/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Ancient Rome
Meaning	Victory
Region of origin	Latin
Other names
Related names	Vicky, Vicki, Vickie, Vikki, Tori, Vika, Victor

Victoria is a feminine first name. It is also used as a family name.

Origin, meaning and forms

Victoria is the Latin word for 'victory' or 'conquer' and is used as the feminine form corresponding to the name Victor. Hence, Victoria Salvador means 'victory to the savior'.

In Roman mythology, Victoria was the name of the goddess of victory, corresponding to the Greek goddess Nike.

There are several different variations of the name Victoria:

• Bulgarian: Виктория (Viktoriya)
• Belarusian: Вікторыя (Viktoryia)
• Catalan: Victòria
• Croatian: Viktorija
• Czech: Viktorie, Viktorka
• Danish: Viktoria
• Finnish: Vikto[o]ria
• French: Victoire, Victorina, Victorine
• German: Viktoria
• Greek: Βικτώρια (Viktória or Victoria)
• Hungarian: Viktória
• Icelandic: Viktoría
• Irish: Victeoiria, Buadhnait
• Italian: Vittoria, Vittoriana
• Latvian: Viktorija
• Lithuanian: Viktorija
• Maltese: Vitorja
• Polish: Wiktoria
• Portuguese: Victória, Vitória
• Romanian: Victoria
• Russian: Виктория (Viktoriya)
• Serbian: Викторија
• Slovene: Viktorija
• Slovak: Viktória
• Spanish: Victoria
• Swedish: Viktoria, Victoria
• Ukrainian: Вікторія (Viktoriya)

People

Given name Victoria, usually without mention of surname

• Princess Victoria (disambiguation), several people
  • Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (born 1977), Crown princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland
  • Victoria, Princess Royal (1840–1901), daughter of Queen Victoria and later Empress of Germany
• Victoria (Gallic Empire) (died 271), mother of Gallic Emperor Victorinus
• Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901) and Empress of India (1876–1901)
• Victoria of Baden (1862–1930), Queen of Sweden
• Viktorija (born 1958), Serbian singer
• Viktoria (born 1970), Filipina singer
• Victoria, stage name of Lisa Marie Varon (born 1971), professional wrestler

Given name Victoria, usually with surname

• Victoria Azarenka (born 1989), Belarusian tennis player
• Victoria Beckham (born 1974), member of the Spice Girls, fashion designer, and wife of soccer player David Beckham
• Victoria Carbó (born 1963), Argentine field hockey player
• Victoria Climbié (1991–2000), notable child murder case in the U.K.
• Victoria Coren (born 1973), English writer, presenter and professional poker player
• Victoria Crawford (born 1986), WWE diva, wrestler and model
• Victoria Dunlap (born 1989), American basketball player
• Victoria Fuller (born 1970), American model and actress
• Victoria Jackson (born 1959), American comedian and actress
• Victoria Justice (born 1993), American actress, singer, model and spokesmodel
• Victoria Legrande (born 1981), French born singer song-writer keyboardist
• Victoria Marshman, candidate on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9
• Victoria Nuland (born 1961), American diplomat
• Victoria Palacios (born 1977), Mexican race walker
• Victoria Paris (born 1960), American pornographic actress
• Victoria Principal (born 1950), American actress
• Victoria Rowell (born 1959), American actress and dancer
• Victoria Silvstedt (born 1974), Swedish model and actress
• Victoria Song (born 1987), Chinese, Korean pop singer
• Tori Spelling (born 1973), American actress
• Victoria Stafford (2000–2009), Canadian murder victim
• Victoria Toensing (born c. 1940), American jurist and terrorism official
• Victoria Wood (born 1953), English singer, writer and comedienne
• Little Boots (born 1984), British musician and singer, given name Victoria Hesketh
• Pixie Lott (born 1991), British singer, given name Victoria Louise Lott
• Victoria Newman Abbott, a character on the America soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Victoria Lord Banks, a character on the American soap opera One Life to Live
• Victoria "Tori" Cabello, a character in the novel "Tales of A Love Sick Band Geek"

Surname Victoria

• Guadalupe Victoria (1786–1843), first president of Mexico
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611), Spanish composer

See also

• Victoria (disambiguation)
• Saint Victoria (disambiguation), several Christian saints with this name
• Victoire (disambiguation), French equivalent
• Viktoriya