Victoria (name)

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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

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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.

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)
Macedonian: Викторија

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 football 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 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 singer in South Korean pop music
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

Surname Victoria

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