Victoria (name)

Victoria
	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

Victoria is an Indo-European feminine first name. It is also used as a family name.

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 Ann Lewis, American actress and theatre artist
Victoria Azarenka (born 1989), Belarusian tennis player
Viktoria Baškite (born 1985), Estonian chess player
Victoria Beckham (born 1974), English singer, songwriter, fashion designer and television personality
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 Mitchell (born 1972), English writer, presenter and professional poker player
Victoria Crawford (born 1986), WWE professional wrestler and model
Victoria Cuenca (fl. 1928–1946), Argentine actress, vedette
Victoria De Angelis (born 2000), Italian bassist
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 Fuller (born 1970), American model and actress
Victoria Georgieva (born 1997), Bulgarian singer and songwriter known professionally by the mononym Victoria (stylised in all caps)
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 Tolbert (1916–1997), First Lady of Liberia
Victoria Velasquez (born 1991), Danish politician
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, 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 Everglot, a character in the Tim Burton film Corpse Bride
Victoria "Vicky" McGee, a character played by Heather Locklear in the 1984 American science fiction horror movie Firestarter
Victoria Page, in the Dream Theater concept album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
Victoria "Tori" Vega, in (TV Series) Victorious played by Victoria Justice