Given name & surname
Viktor
“victor”
Viktor is a masculine given name. It is used in English, German, Swedish, Danish, and 8 other languages.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Viktor goes back to Latin victor, meaning “victor.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Viktor shares an earlier linguistic root with Victor. An origin associated with Victor is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Viktor developed from Victor.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Viktor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,634
- 3,634 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 179 babies
- 2025
- 162
- #1,238 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 162 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,238 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 0.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 179 in 2018. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (17). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,931 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.
Viktor’s family of names
In Czech usage, Viktor has a diminutive in VIKI. In Swedish usage, Viktor developed from the Latin form Victor. In German usage, Viktor has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Vittorio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Viktor has relatives in 19 languages.
11 related names in 19 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Viktor
- Viktor YanukovychPresident of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014born 1950
- Viktor OrbánPrime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–2026) (born 1963)
- Viktor Yushchenko3rd President of Ukraineborn 1954
- Viktor TsoiSoviet rock musician (1962-1990)
- Dima BilanRussian pop singerborn 1981
- Viktor FranklAustrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
- Viktor ChernomyrdinRussian diplomat and politician (1938–2010)
- Viktor AmbartsumianSoviet Armenian astrophysicist (1908–1996)
- Viktor VasnetsovRussian artist (1848-1926)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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