Given name & surname
Victoria
“victory”
Victoria has Latin roots in the language of victory and a particularly strong royal association in Britain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
The Latin word victoria means “victory,” the central association carried by the name.
Where it comes from
Victoria is used in English and Spanish and is connected with the Latin name Victorius.
How it developed
Victoria can be understood as the feminine form of Victorius. It may also reflect direct use of the Latin word for victory; the two paths are closely related but not identical.
The 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.
Victoria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 529,191
- 1,276 boys · 527,915 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 12,958 babies
- 2025
- 4,027
- #54 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 4,027 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 54 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 33.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12,925 in 1993. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (690). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 452,646 as a first name in 2020; 5,997 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.
Victoria’s family of names
In English usage, Victoria has a diminutive in Vicki. Victoria shares a linguistic root with Viktoria. Victoria has a related form in Vickie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Victoria has relatives in 37 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
44 related names in 37 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 51
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Toridiminutive · English
- Viktoriavariant · French, Swedish
- Toryshort form · English
- Vickydiminutive · English, ceb
- Vitoriavariant
- Toreydiminutive · English
- Latoyapet form · English
- Vikavariant
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- Vicktoriavariant
- Toyadiminutive · Spanish
- Vikkidiminutive · English
- Vicdiminutive · English
- Vickeydiminutive · English
- Vickiediminutive · English
- Vickidiminutive · English
- Vyktoriavariant
- Vyctoriavariant
- Victorinavariant
- Victorianavariant
- Victorinevariant
- Victoriyavariant
- Victorriavariant
- Victoryavariant
- Victoreavariant
- Victoriahvariant
- Vvictorialikely variant
- Victtorialikely variant
- Toyangdiminutive · ceb
- La Toyapet form · English
- Bicodiminutive · Spanish
- Vicodiminutive · Spanish
- Viquidiminutive · Spanish
- Vitóriavariant · Portuguese
- Victrivavariant
- Victrivvariant
- Vickavariant
- Vyktorynevariant
- Vyktorynvariant
- Vyktorinevariant
- Vyctorynvariant
- Vyctorinevariant
- Victorynvariant
- Vyktorynavariant
- Vyctorynavariant
- Vyktorinavariant
- Vyctorinavariant
- Viktorinavariant
- Victoreenavariant
- Victorynavariant
- Victoreanavariant
- Victoreahvariant
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Vittoriarelated form · Italian
- Victoirerelated form · French
- Viktoriyaequivalent
- Wiktoriarelated form · Polish
- Viktorijaborrowing · Latvian, Lithuanian
- Wichtoraequivalent
- Вікторыяequivalent
- Викторијаequivalent
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- Vitöriaequivalent
- Wikitoriaequivalent
- វិចតូរីយ៉ាborrowing · Khmer
- 域多利borrowing · Chinese
- विक्टोरियाborrowing · Hindi
- 빅토리아borrowing · Korean
- Викторияborrowing · Russian, rsk
- ΒικτωρίαGreek
- Wikoliaborrowing · Hawaiian
- ViktorieCzech
- Wisiarelated form
- ViktoríaIcelandic
- VictòriaCatalan
- ViktóriaSlovak, Hungarian
- VicteoiriaIrish
- ViktorinoEsperanto
- WikitōriaMāori
- ВікторіяUkrainian
- ViktorkaCzech
- VictóriaPortuguese
- VitorjaMaltese
- ビクトリアJapanese
- VittorianaItalian
- ΒικτορίαGreek
- ViktooriaFinnish
- Bhictoriacognate
- Victoriusmasculine form
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Victoria
- Victoria BeckhamEnglish businesswoman, fashion designer and singer (born 1974)
- Victoria, Crown Princess of Swedenheir apparent to the Swedish throne and eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustafborn 1977
- Victoria JusticeAmerican actress and singer (born 1993)
- Victoria AbrilSpanish actressborn 1959
- Mary of TeckQueen consort of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 19361867–1953
- Victoria WoodhullAmerican suffragist, editor (1838-1927)
- Victoria, Princess RoyalBritish princess (1840-1901), Empress of Germany and Queen consort of Prussia from March to June 1888
- Princess Alice of BattenbergMember of the House of Battenberg (1885–1969)
- Victoria Kjær TheilvigDanish model and Miss Universe 2024 (born 2003)
Characters named Victoria: Victoria Waterfield (Doctor Who).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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