Given name & surname
Vic
“victory”
In English use, Vic is a diminutive of Victoria. The Latin word victoria means “victory,” the central association carried by the name.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Vic is a diminutive of Victoria. The Latin word victoria means “victory,” the central association carried by the name.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Vic is a diminutive of Victoria. Victoria is used in English and Spanish and is connected with the Latin name Victorius.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Vic is a diminutive of Victor. In English use, Vic is a diminutive of Victoria. The shared background comes through Victoria: Victoria can be understood as the feminine form of Victorius. Victoria may also reflect direct use of the Latin word for victory; the two paths are closely related but not identical.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Vic is a diminutive of Victoria. The history of Victoria gives this family its wider story. Queen Victoria’s accession in 1837 made the name more familiar in England. Wider popularity among the British public came much later, during the twentieth century.
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Vic through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,155
- 2,155 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 80 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −65%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 80 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,167 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vic’s family of names
In English usage, Vic is a diminutive of Victoria. Vic has a related form in Victor. In French usage, Vic is a diminutive of Victor.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vic has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vic
- Vic MorrowAmerican actor (1929–1982)
- Vic SeixasAmerican tennis player (1923–2024)
- Vic WildAmerican-born Russian snowboarderborn 1986
- Vic ElfordBritish racing driver (1935–2022)
- Vic Chesnuttsinger-songwriter from Athens, Georgia (1964–2009)
- Vic ChouTaiwanese actor and singer (born 1981)
- Vic DamoneAmerican singer and actor (1928–2018)
- Vic BuckinghamEnglish footballer and manager (1915–1995)
- Vic CroweWelsh footballer (1932–2009)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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