Victoria (name)
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A large number of places, people and objects have been named Victoria and/or Viktoria, and/or, abbreviated, Vicky, Vicki, (and occasionally Vicci, Vikki or Vickie, Vicyi, Tor, Tori) . Several of these are named after Queen Victoria.
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[edit] Etymology
Victoria is the female form of Victor, but it is also the original Latin word for Victory.
Victoria was the Roman goddess of victory. Cf. Victoria (mythology).
[edit] Use of Victoria as name
"Victoria" has been used as
- a given name, for example Victoria Beckham
- a last name, for example Tomás Luis de Victoria
- as a place or landmark name, for example Victoria (Australia), one of the six states of Australia
- and many derivatives, for example Lake Victoria perch
[edit] Parallels in other languages
[edit] "Victory"/"Victoria" in other languages, used as name
- Victoire (French)
- Jaya (Sanskrit word for "Victory"): see Jaya
- Boudicca (1st century), was, in the Victorian era, praised as "namesake" of Queen Victoria.
- Vitoria (Basque), Vittoria (Italian) and Vitória (Portuguese): see Vitoria (disambiguation)
- Wiktoria (Polish)
- Виктория (Russian)
[edit] Goddesses
Equivalents for the goddess of "Victory" include:
- Nike (mythology), Greek equivalent;
- Andraste, claimed to be the British equivalent of the Roman Goddess.
