Victoria

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Виктория in RU Russia, BG Bulgaria, KZ Kazakhstan and 2 more, Viktoria in HU Hungary, DE Germany, AT Austria and 2 more, Vitoria in BR Brazil and Вікторія in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Victoria is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name341K records spelled Victoria28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Victória, Victòria, Vicţoría, Victorïa, Víctórìå

• a separate given name160K records spelled Victoria8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain

  Also written Vi-Ctoria, Victória, Victòria, Víctoria, Victoría

• Indonesian given name29K records spelled Victoria11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Philippines, Nigeria

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Víctoria, Victória, Rabat, Victoŕia, Ràbàt

• Finnish given name24K records spelled Victoria14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Viktoria, Viktória, Victòria, Viktòria, Victoría

• Turkish given name3.8K records spelled Victoria14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, United Kingdom, Spain

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Viktoriya, Rabat, Robat, Victòria, Victória

83 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Victoria is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, From Latin victoria ‘victory’, feminine of victor.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• Feminine form of the Latin name Victorius (a derivative of ) Victor), also perhaps a direct use of Latin vict6ria ‘victory’. It was little known in England until the accession in 1837 of Queen Victoria (1819-1901), who got it from her German mother, Mary Louise Victoria of Saxe-Coburg. It did not begin to be a popular name among commoners in Britain until the 1940s, reaching a peak in the 1970s.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Portuguese, a female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Victor, equivalent to English Victoria

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, From Latin victoria, "victory"; Marian title as Nuestra Señora de la Victoria.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Victoriab. 1819GBQueen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 (1819-1901)
• Mary of Teckb. 1867GBnot in their usual nameQueen consort of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936
• Princess Alice of Battenbergb. 1885GBnot in their usual nameMember of the House of Battenberg (1885–1969)
• Victoria Nulandb. 1961USAmerican diplomat (born 1961)
• Victoria Silvstedtb. 1974SESwedish model, actress, singer, and television personality
• Victoria Beckhamb. 1974GBEnglish businesswoman, fashion designer and singer
• Kat Denningsb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1986)
• Victoria Azarenkab. 1989BYBelarusian tennis player
• Princess Eugenie of Yorkb. 1990GBnot in their usual nameyounger daughter of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah Ferguson
• Victoria Justiceb. 1993USAmerican actress and singer (born 1993)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 2,199 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Victoria?

We estimate roughly 1.4 million people bear Victoria (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Victoria have the most bearers?

Victoria is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled виктория.

Where is Victoria most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Victoria is densest in Lithuania — about 1 in 106 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Victoria compared with other names?

In Russia, Victoria is the 39th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Victoria a male or female name?

Victoria is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Victoria mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin ‘victory’; introduced into Ireland from England, later popular, now reviving.