Victor (name)

Victor or Viktor is a male given name and family name .

Origin and meaning

Victor is Latin and means "winner". The name is related to Vincent (for "victorious").

variants

The name is used in numerous languages and has partly developed its own forms. For namesake of other forms see there.

Victorino , Vítor (Spanish / Portuguese)
Victorinus (Roman)
Vijay (Indian)
Viktor, Vitja, Vitka, Vituscha (Russian, partly pet forms)
Viktor, Vicco (German nickname)
Viktoras (mostly Lithuanian)
Vittorio (Vittorino, Vittore), Vito (Italian); see. Vittori as a surname; see. San Vittore as a place name
Viturin (Graubünden Romance)
Wiktar, Wiktor (Eastern European variants, e.g. in Poland, Belarus, Ukraine)

See also the feminine forms: Viktoria , Victoria, Victorina

name day

Different dates, for example September 30th ( Ursus and Viktor von Solothurn )

Well-known namesake

See also: Viktorkirche to the following saints or popes

Saints

Victor of Agaunum , martyr of the Theban Legion
Victor of Damascus (also Victor of Egypt and Victor of Siena ; † 177), martyr of the first persecution of Christians under Marcus Aurelius
Victor of Milan († around 303), martyr
Victor of Marseille († 287/8), martyr, → Abbeys: St-Victor (Marseille) , St-Victor (Paris)
Victor of Piacenza (2nd half of the 4th century), Bishop of Piacenza
Victor von Solothurn , martyr of the Theban Legion
Victor von Vita (late 5th century), Bishop von Vita and church historian
Viktor von Xanten , martyr of the Theban Legion

Rulers' names

Popes

Viktor I. (189-199), also known as Holy designated
Viktor II (1055-1057)
Viktor III (1085-1087)
Viktor IV. - 1138 antipope
Viktor IV. - 1159–1164 antipope

Roman emperor

Flavius Victor (384–388), Caesar and co-emperor of Magnus Maximus

Other people from Roman times

Annius Victor , Roman officer (imperial era)
Decimus Caerellius Victor , Roman officer (imperial era)
Gaius Iulius Victor , Roman author (possibly Gallic origin) of manuscripts on rhetoric
Iulius Victor , Roman officer (imperial era)
Marcus Licinius Victor , Roman officer (imperial era)
Publius Calpurnius Victor , Roman officer (imperial era)
Valerius Victor , Roman officer (imperial era)

Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

Viktor I. Amadeus (Anhalt-Bernburg) , Prince (1656–1718)
Viktor I. Amadeus Adolf (Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym) (1693–1772), Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1727–1772)
Viktor II. Friedrich (Anhalt-Bernburg) , Prince (1721–1765)
Viktor II. Karl Friedrich (Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym) , Prince (1811–1812)

Dukes / Kings of Savoy / Italy

Viktor Amadeus I (1587–1637), Duke of Savoy
Victor Amadeus II (1666–1732), Duke of Savoy, King of Sicily and first King of Sardinia-Piedmont
Viktor Amadeus III. (1726–1796), King of Sardinia-Piedmont and Duke of Savoy
Victor Emanuel I (1802–1821), King of Sardinia-Piedmont and Duke of Savoy
Victor Emanuel II (1849–1878), King of Sardinia-Piedmont and King of Italy
Victor Emmanuel III (1900–1946), King of Italy
Victor Amadeus , Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (1812–1834)

First name, form Victor

Victor (army master) , Roman army master
Victor von Tunnuna , late antique bishop and chronicler
Victor von Vita , church historian from late antiquity

Victor Adler (1852–1918), founder of the Social Democratic Workers' Party in Austria

Victor Andrade (* 1995), Brazilian soccer player

Edward Victor Appleton (1892–1965), English physicist

Victor Banerjee (* 1946), Indian actor

Victor Bartley (* 1988), Canadian ice hockey player

Victor Butler (born 1987), American football player

Victor Borge (1909–2000), Danish-American pianist and comedian

Louis-Victor de Broglie (1892–1987), French physicist

Victor Bourgeois (1897–1962), Belgian architect

Aaron Victor Cicourel (* 1928), American sociologist

Víctor Cruz (nickname Vitico ; 1908–1998), Cuban singer, bassist and composer; Pioneer of Cuban and Latin American music in Germany

Victor Cruz ( American football player ) (* 1986), American football player

Victor Dave (1845–1922), Belgian journalist and anarchist

Victor D'Hondt (1841–1901), Belgian lawyer

Victor Grignard (1871-1935), French chemist

Victor Grossman (* 1928), American publicist

Victor Franz Hess (1883–1964), Austrian physicist

Victor Hémery (1876–1950), French racing driver

Victor Heyliger (1919–2006), American ice hockey player

Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer

Victor Klemperer (1881–1960) German literary scholar

Víctor Hugo López (* 1982), Spanish handball player

Victor Mature (1913–1999), American actor

Victor Nithander (* 1987), Swedish chess player

Victor Ponta (* 1972), Romanian statesman

Víctor (football player) (* 1976), actually Víctor Sánchez del Amo , Spanish football player

Victor Sanz (* 1973), American country singer

Victor Sears (1918–2006), American football player

Victor Sjöström (1879–1960), Swedish actor

Victor Vasarely (1906–1997), French painter and printmaker

Vic Vogel (1935–2019), Canadian jazz pianist, arranger and band leader

Victor Perez (1911–1945), Tunisian boxer

Victor Gangl (* 1983), Austrian composer and music producer

First name, form Viktor

Viktor Albrecht (1859–1930), German general
Viktor Walther Paul Borgius (1870–1932), German author and anarchist
Viktor Frankl (1905–1997), Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist
Viktor Giacobbo (* 1952), Swiss cabaret artist and presenter
Viktor Kaplan (1876–1934), Austrian engineer
Viktor Klima (* 1947), Austrian politician (SPÖ), Federal Chancellor
Viktor Kortschnoi (1931–2016), Swiss chess grandmaster
Viktor Mäulen (1879–1956), German football player and official
Viktor Orbán (* 1963), Hungarian politician
Viktor Roth (* 1992), German YouTuber, see iBlali
Viktor Röthlin (* 1974), Swiss long-distance runner
Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944), Austro-Czech musician
Viktor Weber von Webenau (1861–1932), Austro-Hungarian general
Viktor Worms (* 1959), German moderator and journalist

First name, form Wiktar

Wiktar Kaszjutschonak (* 1979), Belarusian ice hockey player
Viktor Karachun (1968-2004), Belarusian ice hockey player
Wiktar Rapinski (* 1981), Belarusian cyclist

First name, form Wiktor

Wiktor Malinowski (poker player) (* 1994), Polish-Belarusian poker and handball player
Viktor Petrovich Malinovsky (1928–2011), Russian sculptor, painter and poet
Viktor Yushchenko (* 1954), Ukrainian politician
Viktor Yanukovych (born 1950), Ukrainian politician
Wiktor Zieliński (* 2001), Polish pool player

Surname, form Victor

André de Victor , French racing car driver
Claude Félix Abel Niépce de Saint-Victor (1805–1870), French chemist, inventor and photographer
Cuthbert Victor (born 1983), US Virgin Islands basketball player
David G. Victor (* 1965), American political and climate scientist
Ed Victor (1939–2017), American journalist and literary agent
Eugen Victor (* 1936), Austrian actor and director
Fay Victor (* 1965), American jazz singer
Francisco de Paula Victor (1935–2018), Brazilian clergyman, Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Brasilia
Gary Victor (* 1958), Haitian writer and playwright
Henry Victor (1892–1945), British-American actor
Jakob Victor (1870–1934), German entrepreneur and leather manufacturer
Jean-Christophe Victor (1947–2016), French political scientist and television presenter
Katherine Victor (1923-2004), American actress
Lindon Victor (* 1993), Grenadian athlete
Lucien Victor (1931–1995), Belgian racing cyclist
Paul Ben-Victor (born 1965), American actor
Paul-Émile Victor (1907–1995), French polar explorer, ethnologist and writer
Shane Victor (* 1988), South African athlete
Tommy Victor , American metal guitarist and singer
Víctor Víctor (1948–2020), Dominican merengue singer and composer
Walther Victor (1895–1971), publicist, editor and German writer
Willy Victor (1876–1956), German lawyer
Winand Victor (1918–2014), German painter and graphic artist

pseudonym

TV Victor (* 1960), German ambient and electronic musician
Charles Varin (1798–1869), French playwright

Surname, form Viktor

Ivo Viktor (* 1942), Czechoslovak soccer goalkeeper

technology

a "Victor", a Victor-class submarine
Victor 6000 , a remote controlled, wired submersible vehicle
Victor 9000 , a personal computer from 1981