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
See also
Wiktionary: Viktor - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations