Vicky, Vicko,
Vick, Vickie or Vicki is a feminine given name, often a
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...
of
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
. The feminine name Vicky in Greece comes from the name Vasiliki.
Women
* Family nickname of
Victoria, Princess Royal
Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa; 21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901) was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of German Emperor Frederick III. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingd ...
(1840–1901), wife of German Emperor Frederick III, mother of Emperor Wilhelm II and daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain
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Vicki Adams
Victoria Elizabeth "Vicki" Chalmers (née Adams) (born 16 November 1989) is a Scottish curler who was the long time second for Eve Muirhead. Representing Scotland, they won the 2013 World Championships and the European Championships in 2011 ...
(born 1989), Scottish curler
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Vicki Adams
Victoria Elizabeth "Vicki" Chalmers (née Adams) (born 16 November 1989) is a Scottish curler who was the long time second for Eve Muirhead. Representing Scotland, they won the 2013 World Championships and the European Championships in 2011 ...
(born 1951) Rodeo performer
* Victoria
Vicki Barr (athlete) (born 1982), British sprinter
* Victoria
Vicky Beeching
Victoria Louise "Vicky" Beeching (born 17 July 1979) is an English musician and religious commentator. She is best known for her work in the American contemporary worship music genre, and has been described by ''The Guardian'' as "arguably the ...
(born 1979), British musician and religious commentator
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Vicki Berner
Vicki Berner (26 July 1945 – 21 June 2017) was a Canadian professional tennis player. During her career, Berner won the doubles event at the Canadian Open five times. Between 1964 and 1973, Berner competed in Grand Slam events. Her highest fin ...
(1945–2017), Canadian tennis player
* Victoria
Vicky Binns
Victoria Jane Binns (born 27 August 1982) is an English actress, known for her two roles in the two veteran ITV soap operas ''Emmerdale'' and '' Coronation Street'' respectively. She had a lead role in ''Von Trapped'' opposite Caroline Quentin ...
(born 1981), English actress
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Vicky Botwright
Vicky Botwright (born 18 June 1977 in Manchester, United Kingdom) is a squash coach and former professional squash player from England. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in 2005. In 2008, she finished runner-up at the Wor ...
(born 1977), English squash coach and former player
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Vicki Brown
Vicki Brown (23 August 1940 – 16 June 1991) was an English pop, rock and contemporary classical singer. She was a member of both The Vernons Girls and The Breakaways and was the first wife of fellow singer and musician Joe Brown and mother o ...
(1940–1991), English singer born Victoria Haseman
* Victoria
Vicky Bullett
Victoria Andrea Bullett (born October 4, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player and current women's basketball head coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College. She played for the Charlotte Sting and Washington Mystics in the WNB ...
(born 1967), American college head basketball coach and retired Women's National Basketball Association player
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Vicki Butler-Henderson (born 1972), British racing driver
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Vicki Cardwell
Vicki Cardwell BEM (née Hoffmann, born 21 April 1955, in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former World No. 1 squash player from Australia. She was one of the leading players on the international squash circuit from the late-1970s through to t ...
(born 1955), Australian retired squash player, former world no. 1
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Vickie Chapman
Vickie Ann Chapman is a former Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Bragg for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia between the 2002 election and May 2022. Chapman served ...
(born 1957), Australian politician and lawyer
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Vicki Cruse (1967–2009), American aerobatic pilot and administrator
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Vicky Darling
Vicky Elizabeth Darling (born 29 November 1966 in Brisbane, Australia) is a Labor politician elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in September 2006 as the member for Sandgate.
Darling was preselected by the Labor Party in 2006 She r ...
(born 1966), Australian politician
* Victoria
Vicky Entwistle
Victoria Entwistle (born 15 September 1968) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Janice Battersby in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''.
Early life
Entwistle grew up in Accrington; her father owned a newsagen ...
(born 1968), English actress best known for her work on the soap opera ''Coronation Street''
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Vicky Exley
Vicky Exley (born 22 October 1975) is an English former international footballer from Rotherham in South Yorkshire. She most recently played for Doncaster Rovers Belles in the FA WSL, the top division of women's football in England. Exley also ...
(born 1975), British former footballer
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Vicky Ford
Victoria Grace Ford (née Pollock, 21 September 1967) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of State for Development from 6 September to 25 October 2022. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsfor ...
(born 1967), British politician
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Vicky Foxcroft
Victoria Jane Foxcroft (born 9 March 1977) is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham Deptford since 2015.
Early life and career
She talked to Gloria De Piero on GB News about her experiences of abu ...
(born 1977), British politician
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Vicky Galindo
Victoria Noel Galindo-Piatt (born December 22, 1983), commonly known as Vicky Galindo, is an American, former collegiate All-American, medal-winning Olympian, three-time professional All-Star, softball player and current head coach at West Va ...
(born 1983), American softball player
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Ondrea Gates
Ondrea "Vickie" Victoria Gates (previously Ondrea Victoria Gates-Lewis born September 25, 1962) is a professional female bodybuilder from the United States.
Early life and education
Ondrea Victoria Gates was born on September 9, 1962 in San Anto ...
(born 1962), American professional female bodybuilder
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Vickie Gates (actress)
Vickie Gates is a British actress who made her television acting debut in '' Brookside'' at the age of 16. After her initial storylines from 1990–1993, she joined an all-girl pop band called Dream Reality and then appeared in the TV series '' ...
, British actress
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Vickie Guerrero
Vickie Lynn Benson (formerly Guerrero, née Lara;Guerrero, Eddie. ''Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story'', p. 53. born April 16, 1968) is an American professional wrestling personality and manager. She is best known for her t ...
(born 1968), American professional wrestling personality
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Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Jo Hartzler (née Zellmer; born October 13, 1960) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the Missouri state representative for the 124th district from ...
(born 1960), American politician
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Vicky Hadjivassiliou
Evridiki (Vicky) Hadjivassiliou ( el, Βίκυ Χατζηβασιλείου, born: 9 February 1964), also spelling as Hadjivasiliou or Hadjivasileiou, is a Greek author, television presenter and local politician who stood for PASOK in Thessaloniki ...
(born 1971), Greek author and politician
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Vicky Holland
Vicky Holland (born 12 January 1986) is a British triathlete who is part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team, a 2-time World Mixed Team Champion and the 2018 ITU WTS champion. She was born in Gloucester. She is the first fema ...
(born 1986), English triathlete
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Vicky Hurst
Vicky Hurst (born June 19, 1990) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
She turned professional as a 17-year-old in 2008, while still in high school. Playing on the Futures Tour that year, she won five times and s ...
(born 1990), American LPGA golfer
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Vicki Jensen
Vicki Jensen (born 1965) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented District 24 in southeastern Minnesota.
Education and early career
Jensen a ...
, American politician elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2012
* Victoria
Vicky Jenson
Victoria "Vicky" Jenson (born March 4, 1960) is an American film director of both live-action and animated films. Retrieved April 9, 2014. She has directed projects for DreamWorks Animation, including ''Shrek'', the first film to win an Academy ...
(born 1960), film director of live-action and animated films, most notably ''Shrek''
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Vickie Johnson
Vickie Johnson (born April 15, 1972) is an American former basketball player and head coach of the Dallas Wings. Johnson is the former head coach of the San Antonio Stars. Upon the sale and relocation of the Stars, Johnson was hired by head coach ...
(born 1972), American retired Women's National Basketball Association player
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Vicky Kaya
Vicky Kaya ( el, Βίκυ Καγιά; born Vasiliki Kaya, el, Βασιλική Καγιά, links=no; 4 July 1978) is a Greek fashion model and television presenter. She has appeared on the covers of numerous international fashion magazines such ...
(born 1978), Greek model and television presenter
* Victoria
Vicky Kippin (born 1942), Australian former politician
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Vicky Knight, English film actress
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Vicky Lau, Hong Kong chef
* Victoria
Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Ann Lawrence ( Axelrad; born March 26, 1949), sometimes credited as Vicki Lawrence Schultz, is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for her character Mama (Thelma Harper). Lawrence originated multitudes of charact ...
(born 1949), American actress, comedian and singer
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Vicky Leandros
Vasiliki Papathanasiou ( el, Βασιλική Παπαθανασίου; born 23 August 1949), generally known as Vicky Leandros ( el, Βίκυ Λέανδρος, links=no), is a Greek singer living in Germany. She is the daughter of singer, music ...
, stage name of Greek-German singer Vassiliki Papathanasiou (born 1949 or 1952)
* Maria Victoria
Vicky Losada (born 1991), Spanish footballer
* Victoria
Vicky Lupton
Victoria ("Vicky") Anne Lupton (born 17 April 1972 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a retired female race walker from England.
Athletics career
Lupton twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. She set h ...
(born 1972), British retired race walker
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Vicky Maeijer (born 1986), Dutch politician
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Vicky McClure
Victoria Lee McClure (born 8 May 1983) is an English actress, model and presenter. She is known for her roles as Detective Inspector Kate Fleming in the BBC series ''Line of Duty'' (2012–present) and Lol Jenkins in Shane Meadows' film ''Thi ...
(born 1983), English actress
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Vickie D. McDonald (born 1947), American politician and Nebraska state senator
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Vicky McGehee
Vicky Lynn McGehee is an American country music songwriter.
Among the songs that McGehee has written are "Heart Hold On" by The Buffalo Club, "All Jacked Up" by Gretchen Wilson, "Holy Water" by Big & Rich, "Why" by Jason Aldean, "Like We Neve ...
(fl. 1997–present), American country music songwriter
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Vicky Morales
Victoria "Vicky" Torres Morales-Reyno (; born July 10, 1969) is a broadcast journalist from the Philippines. She is best known for being one of the anchors of GMA Network's early evening newscast ''24 Oras'' with Mike Enriquez and Mel Tiangco as ...
(born 1969), Filipino newscaster
* Vasiliki
Vicky Moscholiou
Vicky Moscholiou (Greek: Βίκυ Μοσχολιού, ; 23 May 1943 – 16 August 2005), born in Metaxourgeio in Athens, was a Greek singer. On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV ranked her the 13th top-certified female artist in the nation's phonographic er ...
(1943–2005), Greek singer
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Vickie Natale
Vickie Lynn Natale (born December 20, 1985 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer, best known as a winner on CBS's version of the ''Star Search'' television program in 2003.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, she grew up in a single-parent h ...
(born 1980), American singer
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Vicki Nelson-Dunbar
Vicki Nelson-Dunbar (born September 25, 1962) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career she won one top-level singles title (at São Paulo in 1986), and reached the fourth round of the US Open in 1982.
Nels ...
(born 1962), American former tennis player
* Victoria
Vickie Orr (born 1967), American retired basketball player
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Vickie Panos
Victoria Panos (March 20, 1920 – April 29, 1986) was Canadian baseball player who played as an outfielder for two different teams in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 120 lb., Panos batted left-handed a ...
(1920–????), Canadian All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
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Vicky Parnov (born 1990), Australian pole vaulter
* Victoria
Vicki Peterson
Victoria Anne Theresa Peterson Cowsill (born January 11, 1958) is an American rock musician and songwriter. She has been the lead guitarist for the Bangles since their foundation in 1981. After their first disbandment in 1989, she has returned ...
(born 1958), American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, member of The Bangles
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Vicky Phelan
Victoria Phelan (née Kelly; 28 October 1974 – 14 November 2022), was an Irish healthcare campaigner, best known for her campaigning in the CervicalCheck cancer scandal.
Biography
Born Victoria Kelly on 28 October 1974 in Mooncoin in County ...
(1974 – 2022), Irish healthcare campaigner
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Vicky Pryce
Vasiliki "Vicky" Pryce (' Kourmouzi ( el, Βασιλική Κουρμούζη); born 15 July 1952) is a Greek-born British economist and a former Joint Head of the United Kingdom's Government Economic Service.
She is currently the Chief Econom ...
, disgraced Greek-born British economist born Vasiliki Kourmouzi in 1952
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Vicki Schmidt (born 1955), American politician
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Vicky Theodoridou (born 1982), Greek handball player
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Vicky Vanita (died 2007), Greek actress
* Vicky Victory, stage name of female professional wrestler Peach Janae from the
Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
* Victoria
Vicki Van Meter (1982–2008), American aviator
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Vicky Vilagos (born 1963), Canadian synchronized swimmer
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Vicki Ward
Vicki Ward (born 30 June 1969) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Eltham. She has been Parliamentary Secretary ...
(born 1969), Australian politician
* Victoria
Vicky Ward
Victoria Penelope Jane Ward (born 3 July 1969) is a British-born American author, investigative journalist, editor-at-large, and television commentator. She was a Senior Reporter at CNN and a former magazine and newspaper editor who has featur ...
, British-born author, journalist, columnist, television commentator and editor
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Vicki Wickham
Vicki Heather Wickham (born 1939) is an English talent manager, entertainment producer, and songwriter.
Career
Wickham was an assistant producer of the 1960s British television show ''Ready Steady Go!'', and was fashion consultant for the short ...
(born 1939), English talent manager, entertainment producer and songwriter
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Vickie Winans
Vickie Winans (born Viviane Bowman; October 18, 1953) is an American gospel singer.
Early life
The seventh of twelve children, Winans was born in Michigan to Mattie A. Bowman, a housewife, and Aaron Bowman, who worked at various times as a lab ...
, American gospel singer born Viviane Bowman in 1953
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Vicky Wright
Victoria Wright (born 15 August 1993) is a retired Scottish curler from Stranraer, and 2022 Olympic Champion in women's curling, playing third on Team Muirhead.
Career
Before playing for Muirhead, Wright curled for Hannah Fleming. She was t ...
(born 1993), Scottish curler
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Vicki Young
Vicki Young (born ) is a British journalist.
She has been the deputy political editor of BBC News since October 2020. She was formerly the chief political correspondent and has contributed to BBC coverage of seven general elections. She has occ ...
, British journalist
Men
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Vicky Peretz
Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz ( he, יצחק "ויקי" פרץ, 11 February 1953 – 29 June 2021) was an Israeli Olympic football player who played for the Israel national team, and manager. He played for Maccabi Ramat Amidar, Maccabi Tel Av ...
(1953–2021), Israeli association football player and manager
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Vicky Varun (born Santhosh Kumar R in 1990, also credited as Vikky Varun), Kannada-language Indian film actor
Pen name
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Victor Weisz
Victor Weisz (25 April 1913 in Berlin, Germany – 23 February 1966 in London, England) was a German-British political cartoonist, drawing under the name of Vicky.
Biography
Weisz was born in Berlin, Germany, to Hungarian-Jewish parents. He stu ...
, Hungarian-British cartoonist who used the pen name Vicky
Fictional characters
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Vicky Austin Victoria "Vicky" Austin is one of Madeleine L'Engle's frequently used fictional characters, appearing in eight books and referred to in at least one more. She is the protagonist of the Austin family series of books being the first person narrator of ...
, in eight books by Madeleine L'Engle
* the title character of the 2008 film ''
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. The film stars Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson in lead roles. The plot centers on two American women, Vick ...
'', written and directed by Woody Allen
* Victoria "Vicky" Bradford, a character on the TV sitcom ''
Three's a crowd
''Three's a Crowd'' (also known as ''Three's Company, Too'' in the ''Three's Company'' syndication package) is an American sitcom television series produced as a spin-off continuation of ''Three's Company'' that aired on ABC from September 25 ...
''
* Victoria
Vicki Fowler
Vicki Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Emma Herry from the character's birth in 1986 to 1988, Samantha Leigh Martin from 1988 to 1995, and Scarlett Alice Johnson from 2003 to 2004. She is the daugh ...
, on the British soap opera ''EastEnders''
* Victoria
Vicky Hudson
Vicky Hudson is a fictional character that appeared on the NBC daytime soap opera '' Another World'' and the CBS daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns''. The character was introduced in 1985 as the secret twin sister of Marley Love, and the tw ...
, on the American soap operas ''Another World'' and ''As the World Turns''
* Victoria
Vicki Vale
Victoria Vale (usually called "Vicki" or "Vickie") is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, the character debuted in ' ...
, a DC Comics character associated with Batman
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Vicki (Doctor Who)
Vicki is a fictional character played by Maureen O'Brien in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. An orphan from the 25th century, she was a companion of the First Doctor and a regular in the programme in ...
, on the BBC TV series ''Doctor Who''
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Vicky (The Fairly OddParents)
This article features an extensive cast of characters from the Nickelodeon animated series ''The Fairly OddParents'', created by Butch Hartman.
Main Timmy Turner
Timothy Tiberius Turner is a 10-year-old boy who was given fairy godparents to gran ...
, a French-American sadistic teenage villain on the Nickelodeon animated series ''The Fairly OddParents''
* The title character of ''
Vicky the Viking
''Vicky the Viking'', known as ''Wickie und die starken Männer'' () in Germany and Austria and in Japan, is an animated television series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows. It ...
'', an animated series, and
''Vicky the Viking'' (film), a 2009 live action adaptation
* Vicky Hotchner, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie ''
Deep Impact''
* Vicki Lawson, a character on the TV sitcom ''
Small Wonder Small Wonder or variants may refer to:
Film, television and theatre
* ''Small Wonder'' (TV series), a 1985–1989 American sitcom
* '' A Small Wonder'', a 1966 Australian television film
* '' Small Wonders'', a 1995 documentary film
* ''Small Wond ...
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* Victoria "Vicky" McGee, a character played by
Heather Locklear
Heather Deen Locklear (born September 25, 1961) is an American actress famous for her role as Amanda Woodward on ''Melrose Place'' (1993–1999), for which she received four consecutive Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress – Television ...
in the 1984 American science fiction horror movie ''
Firestarter''
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Vicky Wedge, a racist former politician in the Darren Shan
zombie apocalyptic novel series ''
Zom-B
''Zom-B'' (alternatively known as the ''Zom-B Chronicles'') is a young adult zombie apocalyptic- thriller novel series by written by Irish author Darren O'Shaughnessy under the pen name Darren Shan. The series is told by first-person perspecti ...
''
* Vickie, a character in the Netflix television ''
Stranger Things''.
See also
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Vicci
Vicci is a given name, or shortened or familiar for Victoria (name). People who use this name are:
* Vicci Laine (born 1960), American transgender performer and activist
* Vicci Martinez
Vicci Martinez (born September 21, 1984) is an American ...
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Vici (disambiguation)
Vici may refer to:
* The plural of the Latin vicus
* "I conquered" in Latin, first person perfect of vincere, notably part of the phrase ''Veni, vidi, vici''
* V.I.C.I., short for Voice Input Child Identicant, nicknamed Vicki, the android title c ...
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Vicky & Johnny
''Vicky & Johnny'' () is a South Korean-Spanish series of animated shorts produced by Tuba Entertainment in South Korea and BRB Internacional, Screen 21 and Televisió de Catalunya in Spain. While the shorts are known as ''Vicky & Johnny'' in South ...
, South Korean-Spanish series of animated shorts
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Victor
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to:
* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
Arts and entertainment
Film
* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
* ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...
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Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
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Viki (disambiguation)
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Vikki (disambiguation)
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Feminine given names
Hypocorisms
English feminine given names
Dutch feminine given names