Victor comes from a Late Latin name via Latin victor meaning “conqueror; victor” as a noun and “victorious, triumphant, conquering” as an adjective, from Latin vincere (to win) which ultimately derives from a PIE root word.
The English word victor refers to the winner of a fight which derives from the Latin word.
Victor is also a French and English surname originating from the given name.
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
Meaning: “conqueror; victor”
Usage: English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Late Roman
Nicknames: Vic
Variants:
- Viktor (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian)
- Vitya (Russian diminutive of Viktor)
- Vicktor (English, Swedish)
- Victorius (Late Roman)
- Bittor (Basque)
- Viktar (Belarusian)
- Víctor (Catalan, Spanish)
- Vítor (Galician, Portuguese)
- Vihtori (Finnish)
- Vittorio (Italian form of Victorius)
- Vittore (Italian)
- Viktors (Latvian)
- Viktoras (Lithuanian)
- Wiktor (Polish)
- Gwythyr (Welsh)
Female forms:
- Victoria (English, Spanish, Romanian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman)
- Viktoria (German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian)
- Viktoriya (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian)
- Viktoriia (Russian, Ukrainian)
- Viktoryia (Belarusian)
- Victòria (Catalan)
- Vitória (Portuguese)
- Viktorija (Lithuanian, Latvian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian)
- Wiktorija (Polish)
- Victoire (French)
- Viktorie (Czech)
- Wikolia (Hawaiian)
- Viktória (Hungarian, Slovak)
- Vittoria (Italian)
- Latoya (African-American)
Names Throughout the Ages 