Victoria (name)
Victoria is a feminine first name. It is also used as a family name.
 Queen Victoria is the most famous historical bearer of the name. | |
| Pronunciation | /vɪkˈtɔːriə/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Ancient Rome |
| Meaning | Victory |
| Region of origin | Latin |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Vicki, Vickie, Vikki, Tor, Tori, Toria, Vika, Vicci, Vicky, Vickey |
| Related names | Victory, Viktoria, Viktorija, Vittoria, Vittorio, Vicko, Victor, Viktor |
Origin and meaning forms
Victoria is the Latin word for 'victory' and is used as the feminine form corresponding to the name Victor.
In Roman mythology, Victoria was the name of the goddess of victory, corresponding to the Greek goddess Nike.
People
Given name
- Victoria (Gallic Empire) (died 271), mother of Gallic Emperor Victorinus
- Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
- Victoria, Lady Welby (1837–1912), English philosopher of language, musician and artist
- Victoria of Baden (1862–1930), Queen of Sweden
- Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969), granddaughter of Queen Victoria and later Queen consort of Spain
- Princess Victoria (disambiguation)
- Victoria Aleksanyan (born 1987), Armenian film director
- Victoria Ann Lewis, American actress and theatre artist
- Victoria Azarenka (born 1989), Belarusian tennis player
- Victoria Barbă (1926–2020), Moldovan animated film director
- Viktoria Baškite (born 1985), Estonian chess player
- Victoria Beckham (born 1974), English singer, songwriter, fashion designer and television personality
- Victoria Brittain (born 1942), British journalist and author
- Victoria Carbó (born 1963), Argentine field hockey player
- Victoria Climbié (1991–2000), notable child murder case in the U.K.
- Victoria Coren Mitchell (born 1972), English writer, presenter and professional poker player
- Victoria Crawford (born 1986), WWE professional wrestler and model
- Victoria Cuenca (fl. 1928–1946), Argentine actress, vedette
- Victoria Dayneko, Russian singer, songwriter and actress
- Victoria de Angelis (born 2000), Italian-Danish bassist and songwriter
- Victoria de Stefano (1940-2023), Italian-Venezuelan novelist, essayist, philosopher and educator
- Victoria Dunlap (born 1989), American basketball player
- Victoria Edwards (born 1948), New Zealand artist, printmaker and art educator
- Victoria Ekanoye (born 1981), English actress
- Victoria Fuller (born 1970), American model and actress
- Victoria Georgieva (born 1997), Bulgarian singer and songwriter known professionally by the mononym Victoria (stylised in all caps)
- Victoria Haralabidou (born 1971) Greek actress
- Victoria Hayward (born 1992), Canadian softball player
- Victoria Hayward (1876-1956), Bermudan-born travel writer and journalist
- Victoria Hislop (born 1959), English writer
- Victoria Jackson (born 1959), American comedian and actress
- Victoria Justice (born 1993), American actress, singer, model and spokesmodel
- Victoria Kakuktinniq (born 1989), Canadian Inuk fashion designer
- Victoria (Tori) Kelly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter
- Victoria de Lesseps (born 1994), French-American artist
- Victoria Loke, Singaporean actress
- Victoria B. Mars, Chairman of Mars, Incorporated
- Victoria Marshman, candidate on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9
- Victoria Mavridou (born 1991), Greek weightlifter
- Victoria Monét, American singer
- Victoria Nyame (died 1980), Ghanaian politician
- Victoria Palacios (born 1977), Mexican race walker
- Victoria Pendleton (born 1980), British jockey and former Olympic cyclist
- Victoria Powers, American mathematician
- Victoria Principal (born 1950), American actress
- Victoria Rowell (born 1959), American actress and dancer
- Victoria Ruffo (born 1962), Mexican actress
- Victoria Schwab (born 1987), American author, also published under the name V.E. Schwab
- Victoria Silvstedt (born 1974), Swedish model and actress
- Victoria Song (born 1987), Chinese idol based in South Korea and part of the K-Pop girl group f(x)
- Victoria Soto (1985–2012), first grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary
- Victoria (Tori) Spelling (born 1973), American actress
- Victoria Stafford (2000-2009), Canadian murder victim
- Victoria Toensing (born c. 1940), American jurist and terrorism official
- Victoria Tolbert (1916–1997), First Lady of Liberia
- Victoria Velasquez (born 1991), Danish politician
- Victoria Wood (1953–2016), English singer, writer and comedian
- Victoria Yeates (born 1983), English actress
- Victoria Zárate Zurita (1893-1964), Spanish teacher and trade unionist
- Viktoria Komova (born 1995), Russian artistic gymnast and two-time Olympic silver medalist
- Viktoria Listunova (born 2005), Russian artistic gymnast
- Viktoria Rebensburg (born 1989), German alpine skier
- Victoria Swarovski (born 1993), Austrian Singer, Presenter, Heiress of Multi-Billion Swarovski Fortune
- Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff (1944–2013), German art historian and professor
- Viktoria Vasilieva (born 2003), Russian figure skater
- Viktoria Wedin, Swedish Paralympic sport shooter
- Little Boots (born 1984), British musician and singer, given name Victoria Hesketh
- Pixie Lott (born 1991), British singer, given name Victoria Louise Lott
Surname
- Adia Victoria (born 1986), American singer and songwriter
- Ana Victoria (born 1983), American-born Mexican singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer
- Brian Victoria (born 1939), educator and author on Buddhism
- Eduardo Victoria (born 1970), Mexican actor
- Eladio Victoria (1864–1939), Dominican politician
- Francisco Victoria (1796–1830), Mexican independence fighter
- Guadalupe Victoria (1786–1843), first president of Mexico
- Gustavo Victoria (born 1980), Colombian football player
- Heidi Victoria (born 1967), Australian politician
- Manuel Victoria (died 1833), Mexican governor of Alta California in 1831
- Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611), Spanish composer
Fictional characters
- Victoria Newman Abbott, on the America soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Victoria Argent, a werewolf hunter and mother of the main female character Allison Argent in MTV's television show Teen Wolf.
- Victoria "Vicki" Donovan, a high school girl turned into a vampire in the television series The Vampire Diaries
- Victoria Everglot, in the Tim Burton film Corpse Bride
- Victoria Hand, a Marvel Comics character
- Victoria Lord, the principal character on the American soap opera One Life to Live
- Victoria "Vicky" McGee, in the 1984 American science fiction horror movie Firestarter, played by Heather Locklear
- Victoria Page, in the Dream Theater concept album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
- Victoria Sugden, on the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Victoria "Tori" Vega, in the television series Victorious, played by Victoria Justice
- Victoria Waterfield, in the British television series Doctor Who, played by Deborah Watling
- Victoria Winters, the young governess in Dark Shadows
- Victoria, the malicious vampire in the Twilight series, the antagonist of New Moon and Eclipse
- Victoria the White Cat, from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats
- Victoria, in the video game Hitman: Absolution
See also
- Saint Victoria (disambiguation), several Christian saints with this name
- Victoria (disambiguation)
- Victoire (disambiguation), French equivalent
- Viktoria (disambiguation)
- Viktoriya
- Viktorija (disambiguation)
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