Victoria (name)
Victoria is a feminine given name. It is also used as a family name.
Origin and meaning forms
Victoria is the Latin word for 'victory' and the feminine form of the masculine name Victor. In Roman mythology, Victoria was the name of the goddess of victory. It has been a popular name in Anglophone countries since the reign of Queen Victoria in Britain in the 19th century, who was named after her German mother. It is also used in Spanish, Romanian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and French.Notable people with the name
Royalty
- Empress Victoria (disambiguation), various empresses
- Queen Victoria (disambiguation), various queens
- * Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
- Princess Victoria (disambiguation), various princesses
Given name
- Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer
- Victoria Adams, several people
- Victoria Aleksanyan, Armenian filmmaker
- Victoria Alonso, Argentine film producer
- Victoria Amelina, Ukrainian novelist
- Victoria Anthony, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Victoria Arlen, American television personality
- Victoria Aitken, British fashion model
- Victoria Atkin, English actress
- Victoria Atkins, English politician
- Victoria Aveyard, American writer
- Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player
- Victoria Banks, Canadian singer and songwriter
- Victoria Barbă, Moldovan filmmaker
- Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
- Victoria Bateman, English academic and economist
- Victoria Beckham, English singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and television personality
- Victoria Bergsman, Swedish songwriter, musician, and vocalist
- Victoria Grace Blackburn, Canadian journalist and writer
- Victória Borges, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
- Victoria Borwick, English politician
- Victoria Brittain, British journalist and author
- Victoria Calvert, American judge
- Victoria Canal, Spanish-American singer-songwriter.
- Victoria Carbó, Argentine field hockey player
- Victoria Carl, German cross-country skier
- Victoria Carling, English actress
- Victoria Catlin, American actress
- Victoria Chaplina, Russian volleyball player
- Viktória Chladoňová, Slovak race cyclist
- Victoria Clark, American actress and singer
- Victoria Clarke, American communications consultant
- Victoria Mary Clarke, Irish journalist and writer
- Victoria Climbié, African-English murder victim
- Victoria Coren Mitchell, English writer, presenter, and professional poker player
- Victoria Santa Cruz, Afro-Peruvian choreographer, composer and activist
- Victoria Cuenca, Argentine actress
- Victoria Dayneko, Russian actress, singer, and songwriter
- Victoria De Angelis, Italian–Danish bassist and songwriter
- Victoria de Lesseps, French–American artist
- Victoria de Stefano, Italian–Venezuelan educator, essayist, novelist, and philosopher
- Victoria Derbyshire, British journalist, newsreader and broadcaster
- Victoria Donda, Argentine activist and politician
- Victoria Doudera, American politician
- Victoria Drummond, first woman marine engineer in the UK and first woman member of Institute of Marine Engineers
- Victoria Duffield, Canadian singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress
- Victoria Dunlap, American basketball player
- Victoria Edwards, New Zealand artist, printmaker, and art educator
- Victoria Ekanoye, English actress
- Victoria Forester, Canadian author
- Victoria Fromkin, American linguist
- Victoria Furtună, Moldovan prosecutor and politician
- Victoria Fyodorova, Russian–American actress and author
- Victoria García, Spanish rhythmic dancer
- Victoria Georgieva, Bulgarian singer and songwriter
- Victoria Quirino-Gonzalez, former first lady of the Philippines
- Victoria Gordon, Australian pharmaceutical researcher
- Victoria Gouramma, Indian princess
- Victoria Gowon, Nigerian nurse and the third first lady of Nigeria
- Victoria Grace, emerita professor of sociology
- Victoria Groce, American quiz player and game show contestant
- Victoria Hamilton, English actress
- Victoria Hanna, Israeli multi-disciplinary artist, singer and musician
- Victoria Haralabidou, Greek actress
- Victoria Hislop, English writer
- Victoria Horne, American actress
- Victoria Jackson, American comedian and actress
- Victoria Johnson, American author and historian
- Victoria Justice, American actress, singer, and model
- Victoria Kakuktinniq, Canadian Inuk fashion designer
- Victoria Kamāmalu, Hawaiian crown princess
- Victoria Kan, Uzbekistani–born Russian tennis player
- Victoria Jenkins, British adaptive fashion designer and disability activist
- Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, Andorran tennis player
- Victoria Kaspi, American–Canadian astrophysicist and professor
- Victoria Kawesa, Ugandan–born Swedish politician
- Victoria Reggie Kennedy, American diplomat, attorney, and activist
- Victoria Kennefick, Irish poet and academic
- Victoria Kent, Spanish lawyer and politician
- Victoria Kjær Theilvig, Danish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 2024
- Victoria Koblenko, Ukrainian–Dutch actress and columnist
- Victoria Kokhana, Ukrainian musician
- Victoria Konefal, American actress
- Victoria Kwakwa, Ghanaian economist
- Victoria Lee, American mixed martial artist
- Victoria Legrand, French–American musician
- Victoria Ann Lewis, American actress and theatre artist
- Victoria Loke, Singaporean activist, actress, and model
- Victoria Lomasko, Russian graphic artist
- Victoria Longley, Australian actress
- Victoria Lopyreva, Russian television presenter, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder
- Victoria Manni, Italian figure skater
- Victoria Mavridou, Greek weightlifter
- Victoria Mboko, Canadian tennis player
- Victoria Monét, American singer and songwriter
- Victoria Moors, Canadian artistic gymnast
- Victoria Moroles, American actress
- Victoria Mxenge, South African activist, lawyer, and nurse
- Victoria Napolitano, American politician
- Victoria Neave, American attorney and politician
- Victoria Nuland, American diplomat
- Victoria Nyame, Ghanaian politician
- Victoria Ocampo, Argentine writer and intellectual
- Victoria Uzoamaka Onejeme, Nigerian attorney general
- Victoria Palacios, Mexican race walker
- Victoria Pedretti, American actress
- Victoria Pelova, Dutch professional footballer
- Victoria Pendleton, English jockey and former cyclist
- Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian composer
- Victoria Powers, American mathematician
- Victoria Pratt, Canadian actress
- Victoria Prentis, British politician and barrister
- Victoria Price, American public speaker and the author
- Victoria Principal, Japanese–born American actress, author, entrepreneur, and producer
- Victoria Ransom, New Zealand entrepreneur
- Victoria Naicka Richard, known as Naïka, American-born singer and songwriter
- Victoria Riskin, American screenwriter
- Victoria Rodríguez, several people
- Victoria Roshchyna, Ukrainian journalist
- Victoria Rowell, American actress and dancer
- Victoria Ruffo, Mexican actress
- Victoria Sanchez, several people
- Victoria Kakoko Sebagereka, Ugandan politician and activist
- Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model and actress
- Victoria Sinitsina, Russian figure skater
- Victoria Smurfit, Irish actress
- Victoria Song, Chinese actress, dancer, model, and singer
- Victoria Leigh Soto, American teacher, victim of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
- Victoria Spivey, American blues singer, songwriter, and record company founder
- Victoria Starmer, British former solicitor and occupational health worker
- Victoria Spartz, Ukrainian–American politician
- Victoria Jackson-Stanley, American politician
- Victoria Swarovski, Austrian businesswoman, singer, and television presenter
- Victoria Tennant, English actress
- Victoria Thaine, Australian actress
- Victoria Toensing, American attorney
- Victoria Tolbert, First Lady of Liberia
- Victoria Trofimenko, Ukrainian filmmaker
- Victoria Velásquez, Danish politician
- Victoria Vetri, American model and actress
- Victoria Villarruel, Argentine lawyer and politician
- Victoria Velasquez Vincent, New Zealand model and pageant titleholder
- Victoria Vivians, American professional basketball player
- Victoria Vokes, British music hall, pantomime and burlesque actress and dancer
- Victoria Vox, American singer, songwriter and musician
- Victoria Walker, known as PinkPantheress, British singer, songwriter, and record producer
- Victoria, Lady Welby, English philosopher
- Victoria Williams, American musician, singer, and songwriter
- Victoria Williamson, English bobsledder and track cyclist
- Victoria Wood, English actress, comedian, singer, and writer
- Victoria Woodards, American politician
- Victoria Woodhull, American leader of the women's suffrage movement
- Victoria Wyndham, American actress
- Victoria Yeates, English actress
- Victoria Yakusha, Ukrainian architect, designer, and artist
- Victoria Zhilinskayte, Russian handball player
- Victoria Zuloaga, Argentine field hockey player
- Victoria Zárate Zurita, Spanish teacher and trade unionist
Surname
- Adia Victoria, American singer and songwriter
- Ana Victoria, American-born Mexican singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer
- Brian Victoria, educator and author on Buddhism
- Eduardo Victoria, Mexican actor
- Eladio Victoria, Dominican politician
- Francisco Victoria, Mexican independence fighter
- Guadalupe Victoria, first president of Mexico
- Gustavo Victoria, Colombian football player
- Heidi Victoria, Australian politician
- Manuel Victoria, Mexican governor of Alta California in 1831
- Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer
Fictional characters
- Tía Victoria, in the 2017 Pixar film Coco
- Victoria, the malicious vampire in the Twilight series, the antagonist of New Moon and Eclipse
- Victoria, in the video game Hitman: Absolution
- Victoria, Ted's ex girlfriend in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother
- Principal Victoria, from South Park
- Victoria the White Cat, from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats
- 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 Best, a recurring villain and child prodigy in the animated series WordGirl
- 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 Flynn, in the sitcom Mike & Molly
- Victoria Grayson, antagonist of the ABC television series Revenge
- Victoria Hand, a Marvel Comics character
- Victoria Heyes, a fictional character in the Terrifier franchise
- 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 McPherson, one of the two playable characters in the 2005 video game Still Life and its 2009 sequel
- Victoria Neuman, the neoconservative vice president of the United States from the TV series The Boys
- Victoria "Tory" Nichols, one of the main characters on the Netflix television series "Cobra Kai"
- Victoria Page, in the Dream Theater concept album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
- Victoria "Tori" Spring, in the graphic novel Heartstopper
- Victoria Sugden, on the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Victoria "Vicki" Vale, a Batman supporting character in DC Comics
- Victoria "Vee" Vance, the antagonist in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
- 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 Violin Fairy, from the book series Rainbow Magic
- Victoria, a character from Zip Zip
- Princess Victoria, main protagonist in ''Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar''