Victor: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Victor | Boys
Origin of the name Victor:
A borrowing from the Latin, Victor is from victor (conqueror, winner).
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US Popularity of Victor Over Time
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Victor is V in the NATO phonetic alphabet
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I am married to a wonderful man named Victor. We named our first born son Victor as well. To be honest I never really liked the name Victor until I fell in love with my husband. I almost did not date him because of his name!!! LOL Just think I would have missed out on the love of my life and 6 beautiful kids!
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Vic, Vico
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Victor Borge, pianist and entertainer
Victor Garber, Canadian actor.
Victor Hugo, French poet, playwright, novelist and advocate of the French Romantic movement.
Victor Iturbe, "El Piruli", singer
Victor Willis, lead singer of Village People
Victor Jara, Chilean singer
"Vic" Fuentes, lead singer for the band Pierce the Veil- Victor in song, story & screen: | Edit
Victor/Victoria (movie and play.)
Victor Frankenstein (title character in the Mary Shelley novel)
Victor Newman (character on the CBS soap opera "The Young and the Restless." )
Victor van Dort (character in "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride")
Victor von Doom (archenemy of the Fantastic Four in the Marvel Comics series)
Victor Ian Davion (A central character in the science fiction universe of Battletech)
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Global Popularity of the Name Victor
- #10 in Denmark
- #19 in Belgium
- #26 in Spain
- #40 in Canada (Quebec)
- #108 in Norway
- #111 in United States
- #138 in Canada (British Columbia)
- #287 in Canada (Alberta)
- #379 in Scotland
