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

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Origin and meaning forms

Victoria is the Latin word for ' victory' and is used as the feminine form corresponding to the name

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 ...

. In Roman mythology, Victoria was the name of the

goddess A goddess is a female deity. In many known cultures, goddesses are often linked with literal or metaphorical pregnancy or imagined feminine roles associated with how women and girls are perceived or expected to behave. This includes themes of s ...

of victory, corresponding to the Greek goddess Nike.

People

Given name, usually without mention of surname

* Princess Victoria (disambiguation), several people ** Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (born 1977), Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland ** Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868-1935), daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra ** Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1876-1936), daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ** Victoria, Princess Royal (1840–1901), daughter of Queen Victoria and later Empress of Germany ** Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866-1929), Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe ** Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863-1950), daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse **

Princess Patricia of Connaught Lady Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth Ramsay, (born Princess Patricia of Connaught; 17 March 1886 – 12 January 1974) was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Upon her marriage to Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer), Alexander Ramsay, she re ...

(1886-1974), later Lady Patricia Ramsay. Her first given name was Victoria **

Victoria Louise of Prussia german: Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte , house = Hohenzollern , father = Wilhelm II, German Emperor , mother = Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein , birth_name = Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia ...

(1892-1980), Duchess of Brunswick. The only daughter of Kaiser Wilhlem II **

Princess Viktória de Bourbon de Parme Princess Viktória of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Bardi (née Cservenyák; born 25 May 1982) is a Hungarian-Dutch lawyer, philanthropist, and corporate strategic manager. Through her marriage to Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Parma, the son of Princes ...

(born 1982), wife of Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme **

Princess Victoria Romanovna Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia (russian: Георгий Михайлович Романов, Georgiy Mikhaylovich Romanov, also spelled ''Romanoff''; german: Georg Mikhailowitsch Romanow; born 13 March 1981) is the heir apparent to Ma ...

(born 1982), wife of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia *

Victoria (Gallic Empire) Victoria (c.231 c.271), also known as Vitruvia, was a leader in the Roman breakaway realm known as the Gallic Empire in the late 3rd century. She was the mother of Victorinus, who ruled as Gallic Emperor until his assassination in 271. Afterwa ...

(died 271), mother of Gallic Emperor Victorinus * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom (1837–1901) and Empress of India (1876–1901) * Victoria of Baden (1862–1930), Queen of Sweden * Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969), granddaughter of Queen Victoria and later Queen consort of Spain *

Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld , house = , father = Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld , mother = Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf , birth_date = , birth_place = Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire , death_date = , death_pl ...

(1786-1861), Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria * Viktorija (born 1958), Serbian singer * Viktoria (born 1970), Filipina singer * Victoria, stage name of Lisa Marie Varon (born 1971), professional wrestler

Given name with surname

Victoria Aleksanyan Victoria Aleksanyan (born 1987 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian film director and a co-founder of IFCA Independent Filmmakers Community of Armenia. Aleksanyan has written, directed and produced a number of short films. Education Aleksanyan hol ...

(born 1987), Armenian film director *

Victoria Ann Lewis Victoria Ann Lewis is an American theatre artist, actress, and scholar. Ann Lewis played Peggy on ''Knots Landing''. She is the editor of ''Beyond Victims and Villains: Contemporary Plays by Disabled Playwrights''. Early life Ann Lewis had po ...

, American actress and theatre artist * Victoria Azarenka (born 1989), Belarusian tennis player * Viktoria Baškite (born 1985), Estonian chess player * Victoria Beckham (born 1974), English singer, songwriter, fashion designer and television personality *

Victoria Brittain Victoria Brittain (born 1942) is a British journalist and author who lived and worked for many years in Africa, the US, and Asia, including 20 years at ''The Guardian'', where she eventually became associate foreign editor. In the 1980s, she wor ...

(born 1942), British journalist and author *

Victoria Carbó Victoria Carbó (born May 15, 1963) is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She won the gold medal t ...

(born 1963), Argentine field hockey player * Victoria Climbié (1991–2000), notable child murder case in the U.K. *

Victoria Coren Mitchell Victoria Elizabeth Coren Mitchell (' Coren; born ) is a British writer, TV presenter and professional poker player. Coren Mitchell writes weekly columns for ''The Telegraph'' and has hosted the BBC television quiz show '' Only Connect'' since 2 ...

(born 1972), English writer, presenter and professional poker player *

Victoria Crawford Victoria Crawford (born June 30, 1986) is an American retired professional wrestler and former model known for her time with WWE under the ring name Alicia Fox. Crawford debuted on ''SmackDown'' on June 13, 2008, using the Alicia Fox name and th ...

(born 1986), WWE professional wrestler and model *

Victoria Cuenca Victoria Cuenca ( fl. 1928–1946) was an Argentine film actress during the country's Golden Age of cinema, as well as a theatre actress and a vedette. Biography Victoria Cuenca was born in Buenos Aires. Together with her sister, Ángela Cuenca, ...

(fl. 1928–1946), Argentine actress, vedette * Victoria De Angelis (born 2000), Italian bassist *

Victoria Dunlap Victoria Dunlap (born September 19, 1989 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association. She had previously played at the University of Kentucky. K ...

(born 1989), American basketball player * Victoria Edwards (born 1948), New Zealand artist, printmaker and art educator *

Victoria Ekanoye Adebisi Victoria M Ekanoye (born 11 December 1981), known professionally as Victoria Ekanoye is an English actress. She is known for playing Angie Appleton in the ITV soap opera, ''Coronation Street''. She has also played Rachel in '' The Royals ...

(born 1981), English actress * Victoria Fuller (born 1970), American model and actress * Victoria Georgieva (born 1997), Bulgarian singer and songwriter known professionally by the mononym Victoria (stylised in all caps) *

Victoria Haralabidou Victoria Haralabidou ( el, Βικτώρια Χαραλαμπίδου, born 23 October 1971), is a Greek-Australian actress. She was born in Saint Petersburg, USSR. When she was 15 years old, her family moved to Athens, Greece. In 2005, she mov ...

(born 1971) Greek actress * Victoria Hayward (born 1992), Canadian softball player * Victoria Hayward (1876-1956), Bermudan-born travel writer and journalist * Victoria Hislop (born 1959), English writer * Victoria Jackson (born 1959), American comedian and actress *

Victoria Justice Victoria Dawn Justice (born February 19, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She has received several accolades, including two Young Artist Awards and nominations for three Imagen Awards, an NAACP Image Award, and three Kids' Choice Awar ...

(born 1993), American actress, singer, model and spokesmodel * Victoria (Tori) Kelly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter *

Victoria de Lesseps Victoria de Lesseps (born November 1994) is a French-American contemporary visual artist, television personality, and socialite. Early life and education De Lesseps was born in 1994. She is the daughter of Count Alexandre de Lesseps, a busines ...

(born 1994), French-American artist *

Victoria Loke Victoria Loke (; born 11 February 1992) is a Singaporean actress, activist, and model. She is best known for her role as Fiona Tung-Cheng in the 2018 romantic comedy-drama film ''Crazy Rich Asians''. Early life and education Victoria Loke wa ...

, Singaporean actress *

Victoria B. Mars Victoria B. Mars (born 1956/1957) is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman. She is a former chairwoman of Mars, Incorporated, and current chair of Salzburg Global Seminar. Early life Victoria Mars is a fourth generation member of the ...

, Chairman of Mars, Incorporated * Victoria Marshman, candidate on ''America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9'' * Victoria Mavridou (born 1991), Greek weightlifter * Victoria Monét, American singer *

Victoria Palacios Victoria Palacios Carillo (born March 29, 1977 in Hueyotlipan, Tlaxcala) is a retired female race walker from Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It ...

(born 1977), Mexican race walker *

Victoria Pendleton Victoria Louise Pendleton, (born 24 September 1980) is a British jockey and former track cyclist who specialised in the sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines. She is a former Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion. With two ...

(born 1980), British jockey and former Olympic cyclist *

Victoria Powers Victoria Ann Powers is an American mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry and known for her work on positive polynomials and on the mathematics of electoral systems. She is a professor in the department of mathematics at Emory University. ...

, American mathematician * Victoria Principal (born 1950), American actress * Victoria Rowell (born 1959), American actress and dancer * Victoria Ruffo (born 1962), Mexican actress *

Victoria Schwab Victoria Elizabeth (V. E.) Schwab (born July 7, 1987) is an American writer. She is known for the 2013 novel '' Vicious'', the '' Shades of Magic'' series, and ''The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue'', which was nominated for the 2020 Locus Award fo ...

(born 1987), American author, also published under the name V.E. Schwab * Victoria Silvstedt (born 1974), Swedish model and actress *

Victoria Song Song Qian (; born February 2, 1987), known professionally as Victoria or Victoria Song, is a Chinese singer, dancer, actress, model, host and author known for her work as a member of South Korean girl group f(x). In 2010, Song gained fame as pa ...

(born 1987), Chinese idol based in South Korea and part of the K-Pop girl group f(x) *

Victoria Soto Victoria Leigh Soto (November 4, 1985 – December 14, 2012) was an American teacher who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. After the gunman, Adam Lanza entered the school, she hid her students; when the students later ran ...

(1985–2012), first grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary * Victoria (Tori) Spelling (born 1973), American actress * Victoria Stafford (2000-2009), Canadian murder victim *

Victoria Toensing Victoria Ann Toensing (née Long; born October 16, 1941) is an American attorney, Republican Party operative and with her husband, Joseph diGenova, a partner in the Washington law firm diGenova & Toensing. Toensing and diGenova frequently appea ...

(born c. 1940), American jurist and terrorism official *

Victoria Tolbert 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 ...

(1916–1997), First Lady of Liberia *

Victoria Velasquez 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, Seychel ...

(born 1991), Danish politician *

Victoria Wood Victoria Wood (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over se ...

(1953–2016), English singer, writer and comedian * Victoria Yeates (born 1983), English actress * Viktoria Komova (born 1995), Russian artistic gymnast and two-time Olympic silver medalist * Viktoria Listunova (born 2005), Russian artistic gymnast *

Viktoria Rebensburg Viktoria Rebensburg (born 4 October 1989) is a German retired World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom. Career After finishing ...

(born 1989), German alpine skier *

Victoria Swarovski Victoria Swarovski (born 16 August 1993) is an Austrian Pop music, pop singer, television presenter, and businesswoman. She is an heiress to the multi-billion dollar Swarovski crystal empire. Biography Swarovski is the daughter of Alexandra and ...

(born 1993), Austrian Singer, Presenter, Heiress of Multi-Billion Swarovski Fortune *

Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff Viktoria Schmidt-Linsenhoff (21 August 1944 – 14 February 2013) was a German art historian and professor with particular research interest in the fields of gender studies and postcolonial studies. Early life and education Viktoria Schmidt-Linsen ...

(1944–2013), German art historian and professor *

Viktoria Vasilieva Viktoria Borisovna Vasilieva (born 25 November 2003) is a Russian figure skater. As a junior-level single skater, she is the 2018 Inge Solar Memorial - Alpen Trophy, Alpen Trophy champion, the 2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic, Ju ...

(born 2003), Russian figure skater * Viktoria Wedin, Swedish Paralympic sport shooter * Little Boots (born 1984), British musician and singer, given name Victoria Hesketh * Pixie Lott (born 1991), British singer, given name Victoria Louise Lott * Victoria de Angelis (born 2000), Italian-Danish bassist and songwriter

Surname

* Adia Victoria (born 1986), American singer and songwriter *

Ana Victoria Ana Victoria Boccadoro Miguel (born December 8, 1983) is an American and Mexican singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer. She is the daughter of the Mexican singers Amanda Miguel and Diego Verdaguer. In 2012 she was nominated for a Latin ...

(born 1983), American-born Mexican singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer *

Brian Victoria Brian Andre Victoria (born 1939) is an American educator, Doctor of Philosophy, writer and Buddhist priest in the Sōtō Zen sect. He has published numerous works on the relationship of religion to violence, with a focus on the relationship between ...

(born 1939), educator and author on Buddhism *

Eduardo Victoria Eduardo Victoria (Born September 7, 1970, Ciudad de México, D.F. México), is a Mexican actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the t ...

(born 1970), Mexican actor *

Eladio Victoria Eladio Victoria y Victoria (July 30, 1864 in Baní – July 27, 1939 in Santiago de los Caballeros) was a Dominican Republic politician. He served as the 32nd president of the Dominican Republic The president of the Dominican Republic ( es ...

(1864–1939), Dominican politician *

Francisco Victoria Francisco Fernández y Félix, better known as Francisco Victoria, (1796 – 11 September 1830) was an insurgent of the Mexican War of Independence. Being a republican and federalist ideologue, he fought against the imperialist regime of Agustín ...

(1796–1830), Mexican independence fighter * Guadalupe Victoria (1786–1843), first president of Mexico *

Gustavo Victoria Gustavo Andres Victoria Rave (born May 14, 1980) is a Colombian football player. Originally a playmaker, he was deployed at left back and left midfield for several clubs in Colombia and Turkey. Club career He transferred first to Galatasaray in ...

(born 1980), Colombian football player * Heidi Victoria (born 1967), Australian politician *

Manuel Victoria Manuel Victoria (died 1833) was governor of the Mexican-ruled territory of Alta California from January 1831 to December 6, 1831. He died in exile. He was appointed governor on March 8, 1830 by Lucas Alamán. Exile The revolt, called Battle of Ca ...

(died 1833), Mexican governor of Alta California in 1831 * Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611), Spanish composer

Fictional characters

* Victoria Newman Abbott, a character on the America soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' * Victoria Lord Banks, a character on the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Victoria, a character in Hitman: Absolution * Victoria, the malicious vampire in the ''Twilight'' series, the antagonist of ''New Moon'' and ''Eclipse'' * Victoria Anne Sugden, a character on the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' * Victoria Argent, a werewolf hunter and mother of the main female character Allison Argent in MTV's television show ''

Teen Wolf ''Teen Wolf'' is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary life is changed ...

''. * Victoria "Vicki" Donovan, a human high school girl who was turned into a vampire by Damon Salvatore in the first season of The CW network's hit television series ''The Vampire Diaries'' * Victoria Everglot, a character in the Tim Burton film '' Corpse Bride'' * Victoria "Vicky" McGee, a character played by Heather Locklear in the 1984 American science fiction horror movie '' Firestarter'' * Victoria Page, in the Dream Theater concept album '' Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory'' * Victoria "Tori" Vega, in (TV Series) '' Victorious'' played by ''

'' * Victoria Waterfield, in the British TV series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...