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VICTOR
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: VIK-tər (English), veek-TOR (French)   [key]
Meaning & History
Roman name meaning "victor" in Latin. It was common among early Christians, and was borne by several early saints and three popes. It was rare as an English name during the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century. A famous bearer was the French writer Victor Hugo (1802-1885), who wrote 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Les Misérables'.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Vítor (Portuguese), Victorinus, Victorius (Late Roman)
DIMINUTIVE: Vic (English)
FEMININE FORMS: Victoria, Victorina (Late Roman)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Bittor (Basque), Viktor (Bulgarian), Víctor (Catalan), Viktor (Croatian), Viktor (Czech), Viktor (Danish), Vitor (Galician), Viktor (German), Viktor (Hungarian), Vittore, Vittorino, Vittorio, Rino (Italian), Viktoras (Lithuanian), Viktor (Norwegian), Wiktor (Polish), Viktor, Vitya (Russian), Viktor (Serbian), Viktor (Slovak), Viktor (Slovene), Víctor, Victorino (Spanish), Viktor (Swedish), Viktor (Ukrainian), Gwythyr (Welsh)
Popularity
United States  ranked #142 
Canada (BC)  - 
Belgium  ranked #12 
Catalonia  ranked #25 
Chile  ranked #37 
Denmark  ranked #4 
France  ranked #42 
Netherlands  ranked #207 
Norway  ranked #98 
Spain  ranked #30 
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