Given name & surname

Víctor

Víctor is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Víctor comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Víctor’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Víctor has a related form in Victor. In Catalan usage, Víctor has a conventional equivalent in the English form Victor. In Spanish usage, Víctor has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Wiktor.

Walk Víctor’s family in the name graph

VíctorVictorVicthorVítorViktorVittorioWiktorViktorsViktarViktorasVittoreVihtoriВіктарViktoro

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Víctor has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

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4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 10

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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See also 1

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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Sibling ideas

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