Given name & surname
Wiktor
“one who is victorious; the champion”
In Polish use, Wiktor carries the interpretation “one who is victorious; the champion.”
Original PolishWiktorek
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Polish use, Wiktor carries the interpretation “one who is victorious; the champion.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Polish.
How it developed
Wiktor is used as a form of Victor.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wiktor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 41 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 286 as a first name in 2020; 257 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.
Wiktor’s family of names
In Polish usage, Wiktor has a diminutive in WIKTOREK. Wiktor is a form of Victor. In Polish usage, Wiktor has a conventional equivalent in the English form Victor.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Wiktor has relatives in 24 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.
Polishwhere Wiktor comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Wiktor
- Wiktor Biegańskiactor, film director, screenwriter (1892–1974)1891–1974
- Wiktor GomulickiPolish author (1848–1919)
- Wiktor SkworcPolish Roman Catholic archbishopborn 1948
- Wiktor ThomméePolish brigadier general1881–1962
- Wiktor ZborowskiPolish actorborn 1951
- Wiktor ChabelPolish rowerborn 1985
- Wiktor Anderssonactor (1887–1966)
- Wiktor TołkinPolish architect, sculptor1922–2013
- Wiktor KemulaPolish chemist (1902-1985)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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