Victoria (name)
Victoria is a feminine first name. It is also used as a family name.
 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, Vika, Vicci, Vicky, Vickey |
| Related names | Victory, Viktoria, Viktorija, Vittoria, Vittorio, Vicko, Victor, Viktor |
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Look up Victoria or victoria in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Origin and meaning forms
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
Given name, usually without mention of surname
- Princess Victoria (disambiguation), several people
- Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (born 1977), Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland
- Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868-1935), daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
- Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1876-1936), daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Victoria, Princess Royal (1840–1901), daughter of Queen Victoria and later Empress of Germany
- Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866-1929), Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863-1950), daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
- Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886-1974), later Lady Patricia Ramsay. Her first given name was Victoria
- Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892-1980), Duchess of Brunswick. The only daughter of Kaiser Wilhlem II
- 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
- Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969), granddaughter of Queen Victoria and later Queen consort of Spain
- Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861), Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria
- Viktorija (born 1958), Serbian singer
- Viktoria (born 1970), Filipina singer
- Victoria, stage name of Lisa Marie Varon (born 1971), professional wrestler
- Victoria Song (born 1987), or mononymously Victoria, a Chinese singer, dancer, and actress
Given name with surname
- Victoria Aleksanyan (born 1987), Armenian film director
- Victoria Azarenka (born 1989), Belarusian tennis player
- Viktoria Baškite (born 1985), Estonian chess player
- Victoria Beckham (born 1974), member of the Spice Girls, fashion designer, and wife of football player David Beckham
- Victoria Brittain (born 1942), British journalist and author
- Victoria Carbó (born 1963), Argentine field hockey player
- Victoria Climbié (1991–2000), notable child murder case in the U.K.
- Victoria Coren (born 1972), English writer, presenter and professional poker player
- Victoria Crawford (born 1986), WWE professional wrestler and model
- Victoria Dunlap (born 1989), American basketball player
- Victoria Edwards (born 1948), New Zealand artist, printmaker and art educator
- Victoria Fuller (born 1970), American model and actress
- Victoria Haralabidou (born 1971) Greek actress
- Victoria Hayward (born 1992), Canadian softball player
- Victoria Hayward (1876-1956), Bermudan-born travel writer and journalist
- Victoria Hislop (born 1959), English writer
- Victoria Jackson (born 1959), American comedian and actress
- Victoria Justice (born 1993), American actress, singer, model and spokesmodel
- Victoria (Tori) Kelly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter
- Victoria de Lesseps (born 1994), French-American artist
- Victoria Loke, Singaporean actress
- Victoria B. Mars, Chairman of Mars, Incorporated.
- Victoria Marshman, candidate on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9
- Victoria Mavridou (born 1991), Greek weightlifter
- Victoria Monét, American singer
- Victoria Palacios (born 1977), Mexican race walker
- Victoria Pendleton (born 1980), British jockey and former Olympic cyclist
- Victoria Powers, American mathematician
- Victoria Principal (born 1950), American actress
- Victoria Rowell (born 1959), American actress and dancer
- Victoria Ruffo (born 1962), Mexican actress
- Victoria Schwab (born 1987), American author, also published under the name V.E. Schwab
- Victoria Silvstedt (born 1974), Swedish model and actress
- Victoria Song (born 1987), Chinese idol based in South Korea and part of the K-Pop girl group f(x)
- Victoria Soto (1985–2012), first grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary
- Victoria (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 (1953–2016), English singer, writer and comedian
- Victoria Yeates (born 1983), English actress
- Viktoria Komova (born 1995), Russian artistic gymnast and two-time Olympic silver medalist
- Viktoria Listunova (born 2005), Russian artistic gymnast
- Viktoria Rebensburg (born 1989), German alpine skier
- Victoria Swarovski (born 1993), Austrian Singer, Presenter, Heiress of Multi-Billion Swarovski Fortune
- Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff (1944–2013), German art historian and professor
- Viktoria Vasilieva (born 2003), Russian figure skater
- Viktoria Wedin, Swedish Paralympic sport shooter
- Little Boots (born 1984), British musician and singer, given name Victoria Hesketh
- Pixie Lott (born 1991), British singer, given name Victoria Louise Lott
Surname
- 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
- 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
- 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 Chase, a character in Life Is Strange.
- Victoria, a character in Hitman: Absolution.
- Victoria, the malicious vampire in the Twilight series, the antagonist of New Moon and Eclipse
- Victoria Anne Sugden, a character on the British soap opera Emmerdale.
- Victoria Argent, a werewolf hunter and mother of the main female character Allison Argent in MTV's television show Teen Wolf.
- Victoria "Vicki" Donovan, a human high school girl who was turned into a vampire by Damon Salvatore in the first season of The CW network's hit television series The Vampire Diaries.
- Victoria "Tori" Vega, in (TV Series) Victorious played by Victoria Justice
- Victoria Everglot, a character in the Tim Burton film Corpse Bride.
See also
- Victoria (disambiguation)
- Saint Victoria (disambiguation), several Christian saints with this name
- Victoire (disambiguation), French equivalent
- Viktoria (disambiguation)
- Viktoriya
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