Given name & surname

Viki

Viki is a masculine given name. It is used in Czech and Hungarian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Viki is a diminutive of Viktor. Viktor comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Czech usage, Viki is a diminutive of Viktor.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1939. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Viki through the years

Babies since 1880
1,817
0 boys · 1,817 girls
Most popular year
1958
87 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
020406019401960198020002025Highest share 19540.0
Viki in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1939–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 87 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,798 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.

Viki’s family of names

In Czech usage, Viki is a diminutive of Viktor. In German usage, Viki has a related form in Vicky. In Czech usage, Viki is a diminutive of VIKTORIE.

Walk Viki’s family in the name graph

VikiVikieVikyVikeeVykiВикиΒίκηVickyViktorViktorieViktória

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Viki has relatives in 5 languages.

CzechHungarian

6 related names in 5 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 4

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

Spellings & scripts 6

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Viki, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

English · Biblical

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28RareEasing

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Ricki

“a powerful ruler”

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Valli

“between the mountains”

21RareRising fast

>99% girls

 

Valorie

“strong and valiant”

29RareRising

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French and Italian

Mimi

Mimi is used as a given name and a surname. Mimi is connected with Maria.

19Very rareSteady

>99% girls

English

Ginny

“one who is chaste; virginal”

31RareRising fast

>99% girls

 

Perri

“one who travels; a wanderer”

25RareSteady

>99% girls

 

Terri

“a harvester” · “learned”

22RareCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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