Given name & surname · also Late Latin
Victor
“conqueror”·“one who is victorious; the champion”
Victor is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “conqueror” (Late Latin) and “one who is victorious; the champion” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “conqueror” (Late Latin) and “one who is victorious; the champion” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Late Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Victor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 332,220
- 330,413 boys · 1,807 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 4,472 babies
- 2025
- 1,664
- #211 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,664 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 211 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 4,445 in 1990. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (304). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 337,308 as a first name in 2020; 11,340 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Victor’s family of names
In French usage, Victor has a diminutive in Vito. Victor shares a linguistic root with Viktor. Victor has a related form in Victoriano.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Victor has relatives in 35 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
35 related names in 35 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 35
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Viktorvariant · Swedish, Norwegian
- Vitodiminutive · French
- Vividiminutive · French
- Vittoriovariant · Italian
- Victorinovariant
- Victorianovariant
- Vickdiminutive · English
- Vicdiminutive · ceb, English
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- Vitorvariant · Portuguese
- Vitoriovariant
- Victoriovariant
- Wembynickname
- Victtorlikely variant
- Victorrlikely variant
- Vicctorlikely variant
- Bikoydiminutive · ceb
- Biktoydiminutive · ceb
- Totordiminutive · French
- Victhorvariant · Portuguese
- Bitoydiminutive · ceb
- Vítorvariant · Portuguese
- Vittorinovariant
- Vittorevariant · Italian
- Viktorusvariant
- Victoriusvariant
- Vikovariant
- Vicovariant
- Victorovariant
- Vicqvariant
- Victoirvariant
- Vittoriosvariant
- Vidorvariant
- Victorinvariant
- Victorienvariant
- Víctorvariant · Portuguese, Catalan
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Victor
- Victor HugoFrench novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
- Victor HessAustrian physicist and Nobel prize laureate (1883-1964)
- Pope Victor IPope and Bishop of Rome from 189 to 199
- Victor GrignardFrench chemist (1871-1935)
- Pope Victor IIpope1018–1057
- Pope Victor IIIhead of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1086 to 10871027–1087
- Victor VasarelyFrench-Hungarian painter and printmaker (1906–1997)
- Victor OsimhenNigerian footballer (born 1998)
- Victor PelevinRussian author (born 1962)
Characters named Victor: Doctor Doom (Marvel Comics), Cyborg (DC comics character), Victor Frankenstein (Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein"), Mr. Freeze (fictional character throughout the DC Universe).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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