Victoria (name)
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 Queen Victoria is the most famous historical bearer of the name. | |
| Pronunciation | /vɪkˈtɔːriə/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Ancient Rome |
| Meaning | Victory |
| Region of origin | Latin |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Vicki, Vickie, Vikki, Tor, Tori, Toria, Vika, Vicci, Vicky, Vickey |
| Related names | Victory, Viktoria, Viktorija, Vittoria, Vittorio, Vicko, Victor, Viktor |
Victoria is a feminine first name. It is also used as a family name.
Origin and meaning forms[edit]
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Victoria is the Latin word for 'victory' 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.
People[edit]
Royalty[edit]
- Empress Victoria (disambiguation), various empresses
- Queen Victoria (disambiguation), various queens
- Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom (r. 1837–1901) and Empress of India (r. 1876–1901)
- Princess Victoria (disambiguation), various princesses
Given name[edit]
- Victoria Abril (born 1959), Spanish actress and singer
- Victoria Aleksanyan (born 1987), Armenian filmmaker
- Victoria Alonso (born 1965), Argentine film producer
- Victoria Amelina (1986–2023), Ukrainian novelist
- Victoria Atkins (born 1976), English politician
- Victoria Aveyard (born 1990), American writer
- Victoria Azarenka (born 1989), Belarusian tennis player
- Victoria Banks (born 1973), Canadian singer and songwriter
- Victoria Barbă (1926–2020), Moldovan filmmaker
- Viktoria Baškite (born 1985), Estonian chess player
- Victoria Bateman (born 1979), English academic and economist
- Victoria Beckham (born 1974), English singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and television personality
- Victoria Borwick (born 1956), English politician
- Victoria Brittain (born 1942), British journalist and author
- Victoria Carbó (born 1963), Argentine field hockey player
- Victoria Carl (born 1995), German cross-country skier
- Victoria Chaplina (born 1988), Russian volleyball player
- Victoria Clark (born 1959), American actress and singer
- Victoria Coren Mitchell (born 1972), English writer, presenter, and professional poker player
- Victoria Cuenca (fl. 1928–1946), Argentine actress
- Victoria Dayneko (born 1987), Russian actress, singer, and songwriter
- Victoria De Angelis (born 2000), Italian–Danish bassist and songwriter
- Victoria de Lesseps (born 1994), French–American artist
- Victoria de Stefano (1940–2023), Italian–Venezuelan educator, essayist, novelist, and philosopher
- Victoria Donda (born 1977), Argentine activist and politician
- Victoria Doudera, American politician
- Victoria Dunlap (born 1989), American basketball player
- Victoria Edwards (born 1948), New Zealand artist, printmaker, and art educator
- Victoria Ekanoye (born 1981), English actress
- Victoria Forester (born 1974), Canadian author
- Victoria Fromkin (1923–2000), American linguist
- Victoria Fyodorova (1946–2012), Russian–American actress and author
- Victoria Georgieva (born 1997), Bulgarian singer and songwriter
- Victoria Grace, emerita professor of sociology
- Victoria Hamilton (born 1971), English actress
- Victoria Haralabidou (born 1971) Greek actress
- Victoria Hislop (born 1959), English writer
- Victoria Horne (1911–2003), American actress
- Victoria Jackson (born 1959), American comedian and actress
- Victoria Johnson (born 1969), American author and historian
- Victoria Justice (born 1993), American actress, singer, and model
- Victoria Kakuktinniq (born 1989), Canadian Inuk fashion designer
- Victoria Kan (born 1995), Uzbekistani–born Russian tennis player
- Victoria Kaspi (born 1967), American–Canadian astrophysicist and professor
- Victoria Kawesa (born 1975), Ugandan–born Swedish politician
- Victoria Kennefick (fl. 2015-), Irish poet and academic
- Victoria Koblenko (born 1980), Ukrainian–Dutch actress and columnist
- Victoria Kokhana (born 1990), Ukrainian musician
- Victoria Konefal, American actress
- Victoria Legrand (born 1981), French–American musician
- Victoria Ann Lewis, American actress and theatre artist
- Victoria Loke (born 1992), Singaporean activist, actress, and model
- Victoria Lomasko (born 1978), Russian graphic artist
- Victoria Manni (born 1994), Italian figure skater
- Victoria B. Mars, American billionaire heiress and businesswoman
- Victoria Mavridou (born 1991), Greek weightlifter
- Victoria Monét (born 1989), American singer and songwriter
- Victoria Moors (born 1996), Canadian artistic gymnast
- Victoria Mxenge (1942–1985), South African activist, lawyer, and nurse
- Victoria Napolitano (born 1988), American politician
- Victoria Neave (born 1980), American attorney and politician
- Victoria Nuland (born 1961), American diplomat
- Victoria Nyame (died 1980), Ghanaian politician
- Victoria Palacios (born 1977), Mexican race walker
- Victoria Pedretti (born 1995), American actress
- Victoria Pendleton (born 1980), English jockey
- Victoria Poleva (born 1962), Ukrainian composer
- Victoria Powers, American mathematician
- Victoria Pratt (born 1970), Canadian actress
- Victoria Principal (born 1950), Japanese–born American actress, author, entrepreneur, and producer
- Victoria Rowell (born 1959), American actress and dancer
- Victoria Ruffo (born 1962), Mexican actress
- Victoria Silvstedt (born 1974), Swedish model and actress
- Victoria Sinitsina (born 1995), Russian figure skater
- Victoria Song (born 1987), Chinese actress, dancer, model, and singer
- Victoria Leigh Soto (1985–2012), American teacher, victim of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
- Victoria Spartz (born 1978), Ukrainian–American politician
- Victoria Swarovski (born 1993), Austrian businesswoman, singer, and television presenter
- Victoria Tennant (born 1950), English actress
- Victoria Thaine (born 1984), Australian actress
- Victoria Toensing (born 1941), American attorney
- Victoria Tolbert (1916–1997), First Lady of Liberia
- Victoria Trofimenko (born 1979), Ukrainian filmmaker
- Victoria Velásquez (born 1991), Danish politician
- Victoria Villarruel (born 1975), Argentine lawyer and politician
- Victoria Walker, known as PinkPantheress (born 2001), British singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Victoria, Lady Welby (1837–1912), English philosopher
- Victoria Williams (born 1958), American musician, singer, and songwriter
- Victoria Williamson (born 1993), English bobsledder and track cyclist
- Victoria Wood (1953–2016), English actress, comedian, singer, and writer
- Victoria Wyndham (born 1945), American actress
- Victoria Yeates (born 1983), English actress
- Victoria Zhilinskayte (born 1989), Russian handball player
- Victoria Zuloaga (born 1988), Argentine field hockey player
- Victoria Zárate Zurita (1893–1964), Spanish teacher and trade unionist
Surname[edit]
- Adia Victoria (born 1986), American singer and songwriter
- Ana Victoria (born 1983), American-born Mexican singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer
- Brian Victoria (born 1939), educator and author on Buddhism
- Eduardo Victoria (born 1970), Mexican actor
- Eladio Victoria (1864–1939), Dominican politician
- Francisco Victoria (1796–1830), Mexican independence fighter
- Guadalupe Victoria (1786–1843), first president of Mexico
- Gustavo Victoria (born 1980), Colombian football player
- Heidi Victoria (born 1967), Australian politician
- Manuel Victoria (died 1833), Mexican governor of Alta California in 1831
- Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611), Spanish composer
Fictional characters[edit]
- Victoria Newman Abbott, on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Victoria Argent, a werewolf hunter and mother of the main female character Allison Argent in MTV television drama Teen Wolf.
- Victoria "Vicki" Donovan, a high school girl turned into a vampire in the 2009-17 television drama The Vampire Diaries
- Victoria Everglot, in the 2005 stop-motion animated film Corpse Bride
- Victoria Hand, a Marvel Comics character
- Victoria Lord, the principal character on the American soap opera One Life to Live
- Victoria "Vicky" McGee, in the 1984 American sci-fi horror film Firestarter, played by Heather Locklear
- Victoria Page, in the Dream Theater concept album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
- Victoria Sugden, on the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Victoria "Tori" Vega, in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious, played by Victoria Justice
- Victoria Waterfield, in the British television series Doctor Who, played by Deborah Watling
- Victoria Winters, the young governess in Dark Shadows
- Victoria, the malicious vampire in the Twilight series, the antagonist of New Moon and Eclipse
- Victoria the White Cat, from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats
- Victoria, in the video game Hitman: Absolution
- Victoria “Tori” Spring from Solitaire (and Heartstopper briefly throughout volumes 1-5)
See also[edit]
- Saint Victoria (disambiguation), several Christian saints with this name
- Victoria (disambiguation)
- Victoire (disambiguation), French equivalent
- Viktoria (disambiguation)
- Viktoriya
- Viktorija (disambiguation)
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