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Victoria
	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

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Victoria is a feminine first name. It is also used as a family name.

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

Royalty

Empress Victoria (disambiguation), various empresses
Queen Victoria (disambiguation), various queens
- Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom (r. 1837–1901) and Empress of India (r. 1876–1901)
Princess Victoria (disambiguation), various princesses

Given name

Victoria Abril (born 1959), Spanish actress and singer
Victoria Aleksanyan (born 1987), Armenian filmmaker
Victoria Alonso (born 1965), Argentine film producer
Victoria Amelina (1986–2023), Ukrainian novelist
Victoria Atkins (born 1976), English politician
Victoria Aveyard (born 1990), American writer
Victoria Azarenka (born 1989), Belarusian tennis player
Victoria Banks (born 1973), Canadian singer and songwriter
Victoria Barbă (1926–2020), Moldovan filmmaker
Viktoria Baškite (born 1985), Estonian chess player
Victoria Bateman (born 1979), English academic and economist
Victoria Beckham (born 1974), English singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and television personality
Victoria Borwick (born 1956), English politician
Victoria Brittain (born 1942), British journalist and author
Victoria Carbó (born 1963), Argentine field hockey player
Victoria Carl (born 1995), German cross-country skier
Victoria Chaplina (born 1988), Russian volleyball player
Victoria Clark (born 1959), American actress and singer
Victoria Coren Mitchell (born 1972), English writer, presenter, and professional poker player
Victoria Cuenca (fl. 1928–1946), Argentine actress
Victoria Dayneko (born 1987), Russian actress, singer, and songwriter
Victoria De Angelis (born 2000), Italian–Danish bassist and songwriter
Victoria de Lesseps (born 1994), French–American artist
Victoria de Stefano (1940–2023), Italian–Venezuelan educator, essayist, novelist, and philosopher
Victoria Donda (born 1977), Argentine activist and politician
Victoria Doudera, American politician
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 Forester (born 1974), Canadian author
Victoria Fromkin (1923–2000), American linguist
Victoria Fyodorova (1946–2012), Russian–American actress and author
Victoria Georgieva (born 1997), Bulgarian singer and songwriter
Victoria Grace, emerita professor of sociology
Victoria Hamilton (born 1971), English actress
Victoria Haralabidou (born 1971) Greek actress
Victoria Hislop (born 1959), English writer
Victoria Horne (1911–2003), American actress
Victoria Jackson (born 1959), American comedian and actress
Victoria Johnson (born 1969), American author and historian
Victoria Justice (born 1993), American actress, singer, and model
Victoria Kakuktinniq (born 1989), Canadian Inuk fashion designer
Victoria Kan (born 1995), Uzbekistani–born Russian tennis player
Victoria Kaspi (born 1967), American–Canadian astrophysicist and professor
Victoria Kawesa (born 1975), Ugandan–born Swedish politician
Victoria Kennefick (fl. 2015-), Irish poet and academic
Victoria Koblenko (born 1980), Ukrainian–Dutch actress and columnist
Victoria Kokhana (born 1990), Ukrainian musician
Victoria Konefal, American actress
Victoria Legrand (born 1981), French–American musician
Victoria Ann Lewis, American actress and theatre artist
Victoria Loke (born 1992), Singaporean activist, actress, and model
Victoria Lomasko (born 1978), Russian graphic artist
Victoria Manni (born 1994), Italian figure skater
Victoria B. Mars, American billionaire heiress and businesswoman
Victoria Mavridou (born 1991), Greek weightlifter
Victoria Monét (born 1989), American singer and songwriter
Victoria Moors (born 1996), Canadian artistic gymnast
Victoria Mxenge (1942–1985), South African activist, lawyer, and nurse
Victoria Napolitano (born 1988), American politician
Victoria Neave (born 1980), American attorney and politician
Victoria Nuland (born 1961), American diplomat
Victoria Nyame (died 1980), Ghanaian politician
Victoria Palacios (born 1977), Mexican race walker
Victoria Pedretti (born 1995), American actress
Victoria Pendleton (born 1980), English jockey
Victoria Poleva (born 1962), Ukrainian composer
Victoria Powers, American mathematician
Victoria Pratt (born 1970), Canadian actress
Victoria Principal (born 1950), Japanese–born American actress, author, entrepreneur, and producer
Victoria Rowell (born 1959), American actress and dancer
Victoria Ruffo (born 1962), Mexican actress
Victoria Silvstedt (born 1974), Swedish model and actress
Victoria Sinitsina (born 1995), Russian figure skater
Victoria Song (born 1987), Chinese actress, dancer, model, and singer
Victoria Leigh Soto (1985–2012), American teacher, victim of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Victoria Spartz (born 1978), Ukrainian–American politician
Victoria Swarovski (born 1993), Austrian businesswoman, singer, and television presenter
Victoria Tennant (born 1950), English actress
Victoria Thaine (born 1984), Australian actress
Victoria Toensing (born 1941), American attorney
Victoria Tolbert (1916–1997), First Lady of Liberia
Victoria Trofimenko (born 1979), Ukrainian filmmaker
Victoria Velásquez (born 1991), Danish politician
Victoria Villarruel (born 1975), Argentine lawyer and politician
Victoria Walker, known as PinkPantheress (born 2001), British singer, songwriter, and record producer
Victoria, Lady Welby (1837–1912), English philosopher
Victoria Williams (born 1958), American musician, singer, and songwriter
Victoria Williamson (born 1993), English bobsledder and track cyclist
Victoria Wood (1953–2016), English actress, comedian, singer, and writer
Victoria Wyndham (born 1945), American actress
Victoria Yeates (born 1983), English actress
Victoria Zhilinskayte (born 1989), Russian handball player
Victoria Zuloaga (born 1988), Argentine field hockey player
Victoria Zárate Zurita (1893–1964), Spanish teacher and trade unionist
Victoria Romanenko (2005–idk), Ukranian-Kazakh Linguistic Scientist

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 American soap opera The Young and the Restless
Victoria Argent, a werewolf hunter and mother of the main female character Allison Argent in MTV television drama Teen Wolf.
Victoria "Vicki" Donovan, a high school girl turned into a vampire in the 2009-17 television drama The Vampire Diaries
Victoria Everglot, in the 2005 stop-motion animated 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 sci-fi horror film 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 Nickelodeon 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
Victoria “Tori” Spring from Solitaire (and Heartstopper briefly throughout volumes 1-5)

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 * [[Victoria Zuloaga]] (born 1988), Argentine field hockey player
 * [[Victoria Zárate Zurita]] (1893–1964), Spanish teacher and trade unionist
+* [[Victoria Romanenko]] (2005–idk), Ukranian-Kazakh Linguistic Scientist
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