Name
VICTOR

Name VICTOR

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 828,573 births of Victor in the countries below, which represents an average of 5,835 births of children bearing the first name Victor per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 6,867 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Victor   
In Italiano Nome Victor   
Available variant : Víctor
Variations : Viktor , Víktor


Information about the first name Victor

We celebrate Victor on July 21st
The first name Victor is listed in our categories :The first name Victor has been assigned to:
99.71% to boys
0.29% to girls
The country where the first name Victor is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 6 letters including 2 vowels and 4 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Victor

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Victor : Vitcor

Victor in Japanese *

Romajibikutaa
Katakanaビクター
Hiraganaびくたー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Victor in Japanese
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Victor in sign language

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Victor in binary language

01110110 01101001 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010

Origin and meaning of name Victor

US English
Etymology src :
  • From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of victor.
Etymology src :
  • Inherited from Middle English victour, victor, from Anglo-Norman victor, Latin victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of Victor.
Alternative forms src :
  • (given name): Victour (obsolete)
Noun src :
  • Victor
  • (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter V.
Noun src :
  • victor (plural victors)
  • The winner in a fight or contest.
  • Synonyms: winner, conqueror
  • (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Victor from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɪktə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: victor
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɪktə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: Victor
Proper noun src :
  • Victor
  • A male given name from Latin.
  • A city in Colorado.
  • A city in Idaho.
  • A town in Iowa.
  • A census-designated place in Montana.
  • A town in New York.
  • A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
  • (cryptography) Placeholder name for the party that verifies a proof.
  • Coordinate term: Peggy
People (Business) src :
  • Victor Civita (1907–1990), Brazilian publisher
  • Victor Chandler (born 1951), British bookmaker and businessman
  • Victor Kiam (1926–2001), American entrepreneur
  • Victor Li Tzar-kuoi (born 1964), Hong Kong businessman
  • Victor Vargas (born 1952), Venezuelan entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Victor Vescovo (born 1964/65), American financier and undersea explorer
People (Crime) src :
  • Viktor Bout (born 1967), Russian arms dealer
  • Víctor Manuel Gerena (born 1958), American fugitive robber
People (Military) src :
  • Victor H. Czegka (1880–1973), Austrian-American Marine officer
  • Victor Jones (British Army officer), Second World War British Army officer
  • Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov (born 1962), Russian naval officer
People (Religion) src :
  • Pope Victor I (died 199), also a saint
  • Pope Victor II (c. 1018–1057)
  • Pope Victor III (c. 1026–1087)
  • Antipope Victor IV (1138)
  • Antipope Victor IV (1159–1164)
  • Victor of Marseilles (died c. 290), a saint
  • Victor Maurus (died c. 303), Victor the Moor or Victor of Milan, a saint
  • Viktor of Xanten (died 4th century), a saint
  • Victor I (bishop of Chur) (fl. 7th century)
  • Victor II (bishop of Chur) (fl. 8th century)
  • Victor III (bishop of Chur) (died in or before 836)
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • victoress
  • victress
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • victorious
  • victory
  • victrice
  • victrix
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
FR French
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /vik.tɔʁ/
Proper noun src :
  • Victor m
  • a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
General
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Late Latin Victor.
PT Portuguese
Alternative forms src :
  • Vítor (European)
  • Víctor
  • Vitor
  • Victhor
Proper noun src :
  • Victor m
  • a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
Vietnamese
Etymology src :
  • From Latin Victor. Cognate with English Victor.
Pronunciation src :
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vïk̟̚˧˦ tɔ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˦˧˥ tɔ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧] ~ [jɨt̚˦˥ tɔ˧˧]
  • Phonetic: vích to
Proper noun src :
  • Victor
  • (Roman Catholicism) Victor
Icelandic
Proper noun src :
  • Victor m
  • a male given name
SE Swedish
Proper noun src :
  • Victor c (genitive Victors)
  • a male given name, variant of Viktor
Latin
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-Italic *wiktōr, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”).
  • Synchronically, from vincō (“to conquer”) (supine stem vict-) +‎ -tor.
Adjective src :
  • victor (genitive victōris); third-declension one-termination adjective
  • victorious, triumphant, conquering
Noun src :
  • victor m (genitive victōris, feminine victrīx); third declension
  • conqueror, vanquisher
  • victor, winner, champion
Pronunciation src :
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ik.tor/, [ˈu̯ɪkt̪ɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvik.tor/, [ˈvikt̪or]
Adjective (Declension) src :
  • Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Adjective (Descendants) src :
  • Italian: vittore
Adjective (Related terms) src :
  • victōria
Noun (Declension) src :
  • Third-declension noun.
DK Danish
Alternative forms src :
Proper noun src :
  • Victor
  • a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
DE German
Proper noun src :
  • Victor
  • a male given name, variant of Viktor
 

Popularity of the name Victor

Number of VICTOR births per year

Popularity of the name Victor
Popularity of the name Victor

Total births of Victor by country

Births with the first name Victor
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
323,617
424
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
240,272
1,840
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
132,601
120
ESSpain
2002 - 2021
30,934
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
15,797
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
15,399
3
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
9,699
0
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
9,447
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
6,928
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
6,858
5
CLChili
2010 - 2021
4,750
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
4,013
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
3,760
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
3,676
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
3,120
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
2,986
0
MXMexico
2017 - 2021
2,721
0
MDMoldova
2016 - 2022
1,853
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
1,713
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
1,127
4
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
961
3
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
799
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
763
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
759
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
734
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
605
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
102
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
101
0
ISIceland
2016 - 2021
76
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
3
0
Popularity of the name Victor

Total births of Victor by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Victor
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
1,729
0
FRFrance
2022
1,537
0
ESSpain
2021
622
0
MXMexico
2021
615
0
BEBelgium
2022
391
0
DKDenmark
2022
299
0
QCQuebec
2022
289
0
CLChili
2021
267
0
MDMoldova
2022
232
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
210
0
DEGermany
2022
130
0
SESweden
2022
92
0
NONorway
2022
90
0
NLNetherlands
2022
69
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
64
0
ONOntario
2019
52
0
PLPoland
2022
42
0
ATAustria
2021
38
0
ARArgentina
2015
22
0
ISIceland
2021
21
0
IEIreland
2022
17
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
12
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
11
0
ABAlberta
2022
10
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
6
0

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Personalities with the first name Victor

There are 922 personalities with the first name Victor

Victor Hugo (Victor-Marie Hugo) src

France
Writer Poet Politician Playwright Illustrator Art historian Travel writer Novelist Drawer Librettist Essayist

Juan Carlos Ier D'espagne src

Spain
Monarch Aristocrat

Eugène Delacroix src

France
Photographer Painter Muralist Architectural draftsperson Drawer Lithographer Diarist Pastellist

Louis De Broglie (Louis Victor Pierre Ramon De Broglie) src

France
Physicist Mathematician University teacher Historian Theoretical physicist Philosopher

Victor Ier src

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Cleric

Victor Franz Hess src

United states of america Austria
Professor Physicist Researcher

Victor Grignard src

France
Chemist University teacher

Víctor Valdés (Víctor Valdés Arribas) src

Spain
Association football player

Victor Ii src

Holy roman empire
Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Victor Iii src


Writer Catholic priest


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Victor
Full list of personalities with the first name Victor

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Victor

There are 3122 actors and actresses with the first name Victor
Victor Skov Dahl Christiansen
Victor Stoltenberg Nielsen
Victor Hjertebjerg Hogue
Victor López Alvarez
Victor Creed
Victor Froiman
Victor Lau
Victor Cugula
Victor Nihagen
Victor Aschke
Victor Soares
Victor Cucu
Victor Sévaux
Victor Lord
Victor Kraft
Victor Delgado
Victor Smushkevich
Victor Saigh
Victor Julio Rodriguez
Victor Frolov
Victor Montesinos
Victor Cruz
Victor Sandberg
Victor Norén
Victor Rasuk
Victor Ferreira
Victor Von Schirach
Victor Aliwalas
Victor Gojcaj
Victor Olsson

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Victor
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Victor

Rankings of first name VICTOR by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#9BE Belgium2022
#19DK Denmark2022
#20MD Moldova2022
#22QC Quebec2022
#36FR France2022
#45IS Iceland2021
#56ES Spain2021
#72NO Norway2022
#76CL Chili2021
#119SE Sweden2022
#139CH Switzerland2021
#167MX Mexico2021
#174AT Austria2021
#199PL Poland2022
#215US United State of America2022
#237NL Netherlands2022
#239GB United Kingdom2021
#242ON Ontario2019
#253CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#277IE Ireland2022
#287AR Argentina2015
#353BC British Columbia2022
#381NZ New Zealand2022
#400AB Alberta2022
#412DE Germany2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name VICTOR (female) births over the last year available in each country
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