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Victoria

Say it vik-TOR-ee-uh

Latin origin victory 4 syllables

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Where Victoria is loved, common and rare

Common across Canada, Spain, France and seven more places. Rare in three German cities, Austria, Poland and seven more places. Loved in Argentina.

1 in 729 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025

Every place

In 26 of the 40 official lists, among them Quebec (27th), France (36th) and Catalonia (45th).

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PlaceRankGirlsShare
Quebec province27th 2025186about 1 in 140
Spain29th 2024960rank only
France36th 20251,2151 in 236
Catalonia region as Victòria45th 2025931 in 207
Ontario province50th 2024162about 1 in 336
Munich city51st 202524about 1 in 175
Switzerland62nd 20251031 in 330
British Columbia province72nd 202335about 1 in 342
Norway80th 2025781 in 279
Italy87th 20243621 in 495
Berlin city104th 202331about 1 in 468
Austria108th 2025611 in 586
Poland150th 2025681 in 1,762
Cologne city150th 20238about 1 in 768
England and Wales160th 20253121 in 812
Ireland166th 2025281 in 754
Northern Ireland177th 2025101 in 729
Sweden192nd 202545about 1 in 893
The Netherlands195th 202576about 1 in 803
Scotland217th 2025171 in 1,052
Israel ויקטוריה864th 20247about 1 in 11,211
Argentina6th 20245,275rank only
Denmark47th 2025147rank only
Bonn city65th 20259about 1 in 335
Rostock city92nd 20252about 1 in 492
Leipzig city156th 20253about 1 in 875

Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Hungary and Slovenia.

Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30) and Croatia (top 50).

Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.

Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.

Sources: Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) (Spain); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); RENAPER, Dirección Nacional de Población (datos.gob.ar) (Argentina); Statistics Denmark (DST) (Denmark); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source

About the name

From Latin Victōria, 'victory', this is one of the most straightforward word names in the Latin tradition. It can also be understood as the male name Victor with a feminine ending.

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It has four syllables, vik-TOR-ee-uh. Vic, Vicky and Vickie are the natural short forms, and Viktoria, Vittoria, Victoire and Wiktoria are forms in other languages.

Victoria is a top-ten name in Argentina and is well used in Spain, France and Quebec, with a smaller presence in Ontario and British Columbia. The French records place its peak in 2021, but across all the places where it is tracked it is falling in about three times as many as it is rising.

Meaning, origin, pronunciation

Pronounced
vik-TOR-ee-uh, 4 syllables
Meaning
victory
Origin
Latin
Other spellings
  • Viktoria
  • Victoire
  • Vittoria
  • Viktorija
  • Wiktoria
  • Vitória
  • Vic
  • Victoriana
  • Vicky
  • Vickie
  • Vickey
  • Vicki
  • Viki
  • Victorine
  • Viktorie
  • Viktoriya
  • Vitoria

Counted together here: Victòria.

Etymology

From Latin Victōria, from victōria (“victory”). Doublet of Vitória. The given name can also be analyzed as the male name Victor + -ia.

From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.

Over time

Over five years: rising in 4 of 25 regions, falling in 13.

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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.

Quebec 85th 1996 to 27th 2025
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France 68th 1996 to 36th 2025
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Catalonia 110th 1997 to 45th 2025
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Ontario 11th 1996 to 50th 2024
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Munich 43rd 2013 to 51st 2025
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Switzerland 117th 2000 to 62nd 2025
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Ten years of ranks

Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.

Region2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
England and Wales9192101104118127126153152160
Scotland149149151175151225215173295217
Northern Ireland137134138178212298183302177
Ireland9089103109128149142163130166
Ontario242828314357495150
British Columbia4554484759739372
New South Wales82956784
Victoria71638974
South Australia79135
New Zealand97718996
Quebec12171612162222221927
France45464141383434353736
The Netherlands158154153156167158150178195
Austria626268707186768789108
Switzerland52444841424443504962
Berlin39737776887873104
Munich43503361516643505151
Cologne47483980948697150
Bonn2848114766975636211565
Leipzig776579716498186361117156
Rostock468478126197683792
Norway38353349506679708380
Sweden133122152133204159140166147192
Denmark16182133313531414447
Iceland161
Spain554841424042383629
Catalonia94746663606358554245
Italy10910186858483737687
Poland8098115117126121114113133150
Slovenia232177192184198
Israel435747711613735841943864
Argentina10108736786

England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

YearRankGirlsper 100,000 girls
2025160312123.2
2024152336130.2
2023153328127.8
2022126402152.6
2021127401146.3
2020118409152.4
2019104499178.2
2018101518179.7
201792568189.9
201691586190.8
201592604196.1
201498584190.4
201388619200.7
2012106531164.9
2011107534166.2
2010118489152.3
2009102531169.4
2008104543172.0
200799535174.8
2006105498166.4
2005104485168.3
2004103507177.4
200387601215.7
200277672251.3
200162813303.4
200054976357.3
1999401,335473.9
1998411,401484.5
1997341,650562.8
1996371,627549.7

Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.

France since 1925

Half of the babies named Victoria in France since 1925 were born in or after 2007. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2021, at 460.6 per 100,000 girls.

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Babies named Victoria per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2021 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.

Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Sister names for Victoria

  1. 1 in 728 in Ireland

  2. 1 in 571 in Ireland

  3. 1 in 166 in Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 754 in Ireland

  5. 1 in 228 in Northern Ireland

  6. 1 in 95 in Northern Ireland

  7. 1 in 3,018 in Ireland

  8. 1 in 515 in Ireland

  9. 1 in 78 in Northern Ireland

  10. 1 in 214 in Northern Ireland

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Middle names for Victoria

  1. 1 in 107 in Northern Ireland

  2. 1 in 86 in Ireland

  3. 1 in 57 in Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 102 in Ireland

  5. 1 in 132 in Northern Ireland

  6. 1 in 214 in Northern Ireland

  7. 1 in 78 in Northern Ireland

  8. 1 in 491 in Ireland

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Same style as Victoria

Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.

  1. 1 in 271 in Ireland

  2. 1 in 491 in Ireland

  3. 1 in 95 in Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 166 in Northern Ireland

  5. 1 in 154 in Ireland

  6. 1 in 311 in Ireland

  7. 1 in 1,243 in Ireland

  8. 1 in 754 in Ireland

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Famous people named Victoria

Victoria, Victoria Beckham, Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Victoria Justice, Victoria Abril, Victoria Woodhull, Victoria, Princess Royal and Victoria Silvstedt.

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People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.

Questions about Victoria

5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.

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How popular is Victoria?

Her best rank is No. 6 in Argentina in 2024. She is in the published lists of 26 of our 40 regions.

What does Victoria mean?

Wiktionary glosses Victoria as "victory".

How do you pronounce Victoria?

vik-TOR-ee-uh, with 4 syllables.

Is Victoria getting more popular?

Over five years: rising in 4 of 25 regions, falling in 13.

Which sister names go with Victoria?

The deck's top five sisters for Victoria: Stella, Sara, Clara, Helena and Eva. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.

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