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 [ 4 syll. vic-to-ria, vi-ctor-ia ] The girl name Victoria is pronounced VihKTAORiyah KEY. Victoria has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in English, German, and Spanish. The meaning of Victoria is 'victor, conqueror'. Derived from victoria which means 'victory' ; victoris which means 'conqueror'. Victoria (Latin) is either directly from the Latin element victoria ('victory'), or else it evolved as a feminine form of the personal name Victorius (Latin). It was borne in Roman mythology by the goddess and personification of victory. It was also borne by several saints. The first name was seldom used in England prior to the 19th century, but after the accession of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) in 1837, it grew increasingly popular in England as a name bestowed in honor of the queen, who got the name from her German mother Princess Maria Louise Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The Victorian era was named after the queen. Victoria is the feminine version of the Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish Victor. Victoria has 51 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. Victorina and Vikiana are English forms of the name. Other English forms include the short forms Tori, Toria, Tory, Vic, Vita, and Viti, the pet forms Tor, Toree, Torei, Torey, Torie, Torrey, Torri, Torria, Torrie, Torya, Torye, Toyka, Vicke, Vickey, Vicki, Vickie, Vickki, Vicky, Vics, Viki (also used in Slavic), Vikie, Vikki, Viky, Vix, and Vyckee, and the spelling variants Vicktoria and Vyctoria. Forms of Victoria used in foreign languages include the Scottish Bhictoria, the German and Greek Nike, the Scandinavian, Japanese, and Russian Tora, the Scandinavian Vickan, the French Victoire, the Spanish Victoriana, the French Victorine, the Russian Victoriya, the Russian and Slavic Vika, the Czech, German, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic Viktoria, the Czech Viktorie, the Slavic Viktorija, the Czech Viktorka, the Portuguese and Spanish Vitoria, the Italian Vittoria, and the Polish Wiktoria. See also the related form, the English Victory. Victoria is very popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1990s. Its usage peaked in 1993 with 0.656% of baby girls being named Victoria. It was #19 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a drop in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #27 with a usage of 0.342%, but it was nevertheless the most popular among all girl names in its family. Victoria was used 11 times more than the next ranked name, the English Tori, in 2008. Baby names that sound like Victoria include the Russian Victoriya, the Czech, German, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic Viktoria, the English Vyctoria, the English Vicktoria, the English Victory, the French Victoire, and the Czech Viktorie. Details of famous persons named Victoria: KEY: Pronunciation for Victoria: V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
