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The baby name Victor is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈvɪk.tər/ (VIK-tər).

Victor is Latin in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: /ˈvɪk.tər/ (VIK-tər)

What is the meaning of the name Victor ?

The baby name Victor is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈvɪk.tər/ (VIK-tər).

Victor is Latin in Origin.

Rooted in Latin victor, “conqueror,” from vincere “to conquer,” Victor began as a Roman cognomen and became a Christian given name through numerous martyr saints and Pope Victor I (late 2nd century). It spread across the Roman and medieval worlds, retaining steady use in Catholic Europe and finding renewed favor in the 19th century, aided by cultural figures like Victor Hugo and by a broader classical revival in English- and French-speaking countries.

Forms include Victor (English, French, Romanian), Víctor (Spanish), Vítor/Vitor (Portuguese), Viktor (German, Russian, Scandinavian, Central/Eastern Europe), Wiktor (Polish), Vittorio/Vittore (Italian), Victorien/Victorin (French), and the learned Victorinus. Nicknames include Vic, Vik, Vico, and Russian Vitya. Feminine counterparts are Victoria, Viktoria, Victoire, and Vitória. Across languages it keeps the triumphant sense of “winner” or “one who prevails,” often chosen to signal resilience and success.

Victor has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Victor

Victor Hugo Politician · Born 1802 · France Victor Hugo was a French writer best known for his novels 'Les Misérables' and 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'. He played a significant role in the Romantic movement in France and also had a political career, advocating for social justice and democracy. Victor Chernomyrdin Politician · Born 1938 · Russia Victor Chernomyrdin was a prominent Russian politician best known for serving as the Prime Minister of Russia from 1992 to 1998. He played a key role in the economic reforms and political transitions during the post-Soviet era. His tenure was marked by efforts to stabilize the Russian economy and navigate the complexities of the new Russian Federation. Victor Ambartsumian Politician · Born 1908 · Armenia Victor Ambartsumian was a prominent Armenian astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in theoretical astrophysics and for founding the Byurakan Observatory. He made significant contributions to the understanding of star formation and the structure of galaxies. Ambartsumian also served as the president of the International Astronomical Union.
Víctor Jara Actor|musician|politician · Born 1932 · Chile Víctor Jara was a Chilean musician and political activist, most famous for his poignant folk songs that became anthems for social justice. His song 'Te Recuerdo Amanda' is particularly well-known. Jara's life was tragically cut short during the Chilean military coup in 1973, but his music continues to inspire many. Victor Ponta Politician · Born 1972 · Romania Victor Ponta is a Romanian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Romania from 2012 to 2015. He is known for his leadership in the Social Democratic Party and his involvement in Romanian politics during a period of economic challenges. Ponta also ran for the presidency in 2014 but was defeated in the runoff election. Jean-Victor Poncelet Politician · Born 1788 · France Jean-Victor Poncelet was a French mathematician and engineer best known for helping revive projective geometry. His book Traité des propriétés projectives des figures became the first major text on the subject since the work of Gérard Desargues, and he also served as Commanding General of the École Polytechnique.

Victor – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Boys 2025 #1 — 836
MD Boys 0 #4 338 756
MD 0 #7 32 434
PE Boys 0 #8 31,869 14,506
Belgium Boys 2024 #9 340 401
KH Boys 0 #9 1 270
NG 0 #9 683 5,926
BF 0 #10 1 188
SV 0 #11 1 283
BW 0 #12 8 960
PR Boys 0 #13 566 2,508
BO 0 #14 1,133 6,868
BO Boys 0 #14 9,315 9,244
NG Boys 0 #14 22,984 16,906
CL Boys 0 #15 30,955 13,390
FJ Boys 0 #15 3 603
PE 0 #15 772 6,350
EC Boys 0 #16 999 3,322
PR 0 #16 44 1,497
PA Boys 0 #17 5,562 9,305
PA 0 #18 161 3,797
HN 0 #19 4 704
MX Boys 0 #21 48,933 16,355
HT Girls 0 #22 2 950
BF Boys 0 #23 4 439
CR Boys 0 #24 3,874 10,188
GT Boys 0 #24 4,551 7,625
NA 0 #24 10 2,537
SV Boys 0 #24 5 352
KR Boys 0 #26 2 897
MT 0 #26 18 1,767
NL Boys 2014 #27 84 79
HN Boys 0 #27 27 749
Spain Boys 0 #28 29,413 5,610
EC 0 #29 104 2,502
GT 0 #29 676 5,948
HT Boys 0 #29 6 903
MX 0 #29 1,354 8,339
NA Boys 0 #29 394 6,830
BN 0 #30 3 2,297
France Boys 2021 #31 1,768 2,865
CM 0 #31 25 2,592
MT Boys 0 #31 273 4,064
AO Boys 0 #32 537 5,568
ID 0 #32 8 2,238
CO Boys 0 #33 37,622 15,656
BW Boys 0 #34 160 4,685
DJ Boys 0 #34 3 657
MO 0 #36 17 2,706
TM Boys 0 #36 1 614
EE 0 #37 1 1,051
HN Girls 0 #37 2 884
AO 0 #38 39 2,729
BI Boys 0 #39 6 917
CL 0 #40 1,634 6,867
BR Boys 0 #41 13,814 12,213
ZA Boys 0 #44 10,208 25,619
CN Boys 0 #45 577 9,639
AR Boys 0 #46 4,924 7,628
LU 0 #48 19 2,830
CN 0 #49 37 3,857
UY Boys 0 #51 2,912 5,922
Spain 0 #52 1,360 2,326
PT Boys 0 #54 2,598 7,951
BG 0 #59 22 1,799
MO Boys 0 #59 225 5,842
CM Boys 0 #60 1,933 12,054
CY 0 #60 1 1,632
RU Boys 0 #60 2,848 12,621
MU Boys 0 #62 631 8,477
Iceland Boys 0 #63 11 131
JP 0 #63 15 4,057
IN 0 #70 2 2,963
PH 0 #70 27 5,607
BR 0 #71 511 5,969
HK Boys 0 #72 2,198 12,905
Switzerland Boys 2024 #73 68 1,769
CR 0 #73 89 5,526
ID Boys 0 #75 59 4,130
Canada Boys 2024 #77 347 2,588
MV Boys 0 #77 3 3,375
Norway Boys 2025 #78 66 444
CO 0 #80 1,485 7,768
KZ 0 #81 10 1,452
LU Boys 0 #81 181 4,970
TW 0 #81 20 4,523
GH Boys 0 #83 772 8,138
JM 0 #85 9 3,714
TW Boys 0 #86 234 7,111
SG Boys 0 #87 1,708 17,960
LT 0 #88 1 949
MD Girls 0 #88 5 865
QA 0 #88 13 7,011
DK Boys 0 #90 548 7,401
EE Boys 0 #91 36 2,087
SG 0 #92 212 11,010
BG Boys 0 #94 182 3,850
RU 0 #94 131 3,641
Sweden Boys 2022 #98 92 1,509
BN Boys 0 #98 36 6,332
SD 0 #98 5 2,130
MU 0 #99 39 3,613
PH Boys 0 #102 407 11,440
OM 0 #104 13 6,215
CY Boys 0 #107 23 3,473
KW 0 #107 10 5,216
KZ Boys 0 #108 283 6,578
GE Boys 0 #109 2 2,055
AR 0 #113 75 2,915
BN Girls 0 #114 1 5,459
HU 0 #115 1 1,675
GR 0 #121 14 3,911
UY 0 #121 57 2,477
LT Boys 0 #123 28 2,166
JP Boys 0 #127 196 7,909
AZ Boys 0 #130 2 1,400
ZA 0 #130 369 14,421
IL Boys 0 #132 1,197 10,983
PT 0 #137 140 4,161
HK 0 #138 272 8,483
JO 0 #139 2 2,158
HU Boys 0 #140 36 3,954
AE 0 #143 35 10,220
GH 0 #146 108 5,396
BW Girls 0 #151 1 4,216
RS Boys 0 #151 4 2,277
MT Girls 0 #153 1 3,773
PS Boys 0 #154 763 10,655
PS 0 #163 56 5,692
PR Girls 0 #166 2 3,171
DK 0 #167 37 5,198
JM Boys 0 #178 99 6,876
MY 0 #179 163 12,352
CZ 0 #180 7 3,154
IL 0 #187 90 6,291
LU Girls 0 #189 2 4,850
MY Boys 0 #201 2,222 25,439
United States Boys 2024 #202 1,674 7,044
NL Boys 0 #202 2,082 5,873
Austria 0 #203 11 850
PL 0 #203 10 2,600
CZ Boys 0 #209 102 6,530
SI Boys 0 #209 3 3,402
AO Girls 0 #213 5 4,575
GR Boys 0 #213 55 6,912
HU Girls 0 #225 1 3,308
IR 0 #226 6 4,221
PL Boys 0 #226 118 6,459
EC Girls 0 #230 10 3,650
IT Boys 0 #233 6,509 10,046
Finland Boys 0 #234 217 2,041
NA Girls 0 #234 4 7,146
BD 0 #240 2 5,992
HR Boys 0 #243 16 3,997
SA 0 #245 51 10,560
JP Girls 0 #250 2 6,592
NL 0 #251 146 2,481
France Girls 1953 #253 3 1,001
MO Girls 0 #263 1 7,056
AF Boys 0 #270 5 3,535
Finland Boys 2026 #270 1,003 3,552
JM Girls 0 #277 2 7,507
Finland 0 #288 20 830
TW Girls 0 #289 1 8,139
AL Boys 0 #295 9 5,122
GH Girls 0 #308 17 6,973
Austria Boys 0 #309 137 2,180
DK Girls 0 #325 5 7,429
KZ Girls 0 #327 6 5,862
JO Boys 0 #335 43 7,057
CN Girls 0 #337 13 8,829
JO Girls 0 #339 1 7,570
QA Girls 0 #340 4 15,378
SD Boys 0 #340 106 10,523
EG 0 #344 57 6,387
EG Boys 0 #344 962 15,035
MU Girls 0 #355 8 8,539
SD Girls 0 #358 1 7,678
PL Girls 0 #361 4 5,096
Germany 0 #365 74 2,542
YE 0 #372 10 8,639
Germany Boys 0 #403 786 5,697
BD Girls 0 #404 3 8,413
QA Boys 0 #413 308 18,093
OM Girls 0 #416 9 15,987
IR Boys 0 #421 135 10,162
PH Girls 0 #426 4 13,098
LY 0 #432 105 12,703
NG Girls 0 #433 447 15,093
PT Girls 0 #438 14 7,952
PA Girls 0 #439 43 9,861
BH 0 #447 107 17,937
IT 0 #450 288 4,183
GT Girls 0 #465 41 7,500
KW Boys 0 #467 320 18,755
RU Girls 0 #476 23 11,913
UY Girls 0 #480 31 6,731
LB 0 #494 167 13,263
CM Girls 0 #501 40 11,671
KW Girls 0 #503 13 19,177
PS Girls 0 #514 10 10,981
CR Girls 0 #516 17 11,342
BD Boys 0 #521 56 10,045
IQ Girls 0 #522 4 11,303
IR Girls 0 #542 4 8,334
AE Girls 0 #543 11 20,968
BO Girls 0 #547 65 9,488
AE Boys 0 #555 666 22,615
AR Girls 0 #570 30 8,289
SG Girls 0 #570 17 18,916
HK Girls 0 #598 18 16,104
IQ Boys 0 #601 67 13,071
OM Boys 0 #607 284 17,948
IL Girls 0 #639 7 11,648
IN Girls 0 #651 4 13,121
SY 0 #652 77 11,684
SA Boys 0 #671 1,435 28,008
CL Girls 0 #703 149 14,098
PE Girls 0 #725 223 14,861
MA 0 #729 433 20,986
TN 0 #733 97 13,765
IN Boys 0 #754 254 16,750
Spain Girls 0 #816 168 5,561
BR Girls 0 #826 116 12,708
MX Girls 0 #850 352 17,781
CO Girls 0 #855 228 16,140
SA Girls 0 #902 34 25,931
DZ 0 #910 268 20,130
United States Girls 2016 #934 5 9,437
EG Girls 0 #936 24 14,742
NL Girls 0 #943 13 5,933
ZA Girls 0 #948 194 25,928
MY Girls 0 #969 26 24,821
TR 0 #1,078 134 19,440
IT Girls 0 #1,358 89 9,415

Victor is popular in 102 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Norway
NL
Ireland
Scotland, United Kingdom

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People also ask about Victor

Victor is predominantly a boy's name.
Victor is a 2 syllable name, pronounced /ˈvɪk.tər/ (VIK-tər).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Viktor, Víctor, Vítor, Vittorio, Viktoras and Victorino.
Yes, very popular — Victor ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 11 countries.
Victor ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Victor's popularity is rising. It moved from #37 in 2011 to #31 in 2021 in France.
Yes — 26 notable people named Victor are in our database, including Victor Hugo (Politician), Victor Chernomyrdin (Politician), Victor Ambartsumian (Politician).