I’ve always quite liked the name Victoria, which has been up and down the Top 300 in the U.S. over the years. Its rank has kept fluctuating in recent years, but it’s been holding steady in the Top 40. In 2015, it was #20. It’s also enjoying popularity in Chile (#27), Belgium (#24), British Columbia, Canada (#43), New South Wales, Australia (#50), Denmark (#24), Norway (#33), Portugal (#44), and Mexico (#14).
The name Victor isn’t quite so popular in the English-speaking world, and was down to #160 in the U.S. in 2015. It’s never charted any higher than #63, in 1918. However, it’s #7 in Belgium, #5 in Denmark, #33 in Spain, and #42 in France. The spelling Viktor is #3 in Iceland, #22 in Sweden, and #39 in the Czech Republic.
Forms of Victoria:
1. Victoria is English, Spanish, Scandinavian, Romanian, and sometimes German. This name was quite uncommon in the Anglophone world until Queen Victoria took the throne and began her long reign in 1837. The variation Victòria is Catalan, and Victória is Portuguese.
2. Viktoria is German, Greek, Scandinavian, and Estonian. The variation Viktória is Hungarian and Slovak, and Viktoría is Icelandic. Hungarian nicknames include Vica, Viki, Vikta, Vicu, Viktu, Vikica, and Vityi.
3. Viktoriya is Russian, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian, with nicknames including Vika and Vita.
4. Viktorija is Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Macedonian, and Croatian. Nicknames in the four Slavic languages include Vikica, Vika, and Viki.
5. Viktorie is Czech, with the nickname Viki. The last two letters of Viktorie are said separately, not as one.
6. Vittoria is Italian.
7. Vitória is Portuguese.
8. Victoire is French.
9. Wiktoria is Polish, with the nickname Wisia.
10. Wikolia is Hawaiian.
11. Vitòri is Provençal.
12. Victoriana is an elaborated Latin and Spanish form.
13. Wikitōria is Maori.
14. Vittorja is Maltese.
15. Vittoriana is an elaborated Italian form.
16. Viktoriana is a rare elaborated Swedish form.
17. Viktorina is an elaborated Hungarian form.
18. Fieke is Frisian.
19. Buddug is sometimes used as a Welsh form of Victoria.
20. Bikutoria is Japanese.
21. Barriaght is Manx. This is a modern, not traditional, name.
22. Victorique is a rare Québécois form. When used for a woman, it’s a feminine form of Victoricus.
23. Viktoryya is Belarusian. This may also be transliterated as Viktoryja.
24. Victorine is French.
Forms of Victor:
1. Victor is English, French, Romanian, Portuguese, Dutch, and Swedish. The variation Víctor is Spanish and Catalan.
2. Viktor is Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Icelandic, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Danish, German, Slovenian, Georgian, Greek, Estonian, Finnish, and Croatian. The Russian nicknames include Vitya and Vika, while the Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian nickname is Viki.
3. Viktoras is Lithuanian and Greek.
4. Viktors is Latvian
5. Veturían is an elaborated Aragonese form.
6. Vittore is Italian.
7. Wiktor is Polish, with the nickname Witek.
8. Bittor is Basque.
9. Gwythyr is Welsh.
10. Vítor is Portuguese and Galician.
11. Wiktoryn is Polish.
12. Wiktoriusz is also Polish.
13. Wiktorian is another alternate Polish form.
14. Vittorico is an elaborated Italian form.
15. Vittoriano is another elaborated Italian form.
16. Viktorin is a rare Russian, German, Slovenian, and Croatian form.
17. Viktorik is an alternate Croatian form.
18. Vihtori is Finnish.
19. Vihtor is also Finnish.
20. Vigtore is Greenlandic.
21. Victurnien is a rare, archaic French variation.
22. Victorin is a rare French and Romanian form.
23. Victorique is a rare Québécois form. When used for a man, it’s an alternate form of Victoric.
24. Victorien is an elaborated French form.
25. Victoric is French.
26. Victorico is Spanish.
27. Victoriano is an elaborated Spanish form.
28. Victoras is Romanian and Cypriot Greek.
29. Viktar is Belarusian.
30. Buadhach is Irish.
31. Vittorio is Italian.
32. Vittorino is yet another Italian form.
33. Victorino is an elaborated Spanish form.
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