Victoria (name)

Victoria is the Latin word for 'victory'^[1] and the feminine form of the masculine name Victor. In Roman mythology, Victoria was the name of the goddess of victory. It has been a popular name in Anglophone countries since the reign of Queen Victoria in Britain in the 19th century,^[2] who was named after her German mother. It is also used in Spanish, Romanian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and French.^[3]

• Empress Victoria (disambiguation), various empresses
• Queen Victoria (disambiguation), various queens
  • Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom (r. 1837–1901) and Empress of India (r. 1876–1901)
• Princess Victoria (disambiguation), various princesses

• Victoria Abril (born 1959), Spanish actress and singer
• Victoria Adams, several people
• Victoria Aleksanyan (born 1987), Armenian filmmaker
• Victoria Alonso (born 1965), Argentine film producer
• Victoria Amelina (1986–2023), Ukrainian novelist
• Victoria Arlen (born 1994), American television personality
• Victoria Aitken (born 1965), British fashion model
• Victoria Atkin, English actress
• Victoria Atkins (born 1976), English politician
• Victoria Aveyard (born 1990), American writer
• Victoria Azarenka (born 1989), Belarusian tennis player
• Victoria Banks (born 1973), Canadian singer and songwriter
• Victoria Barbă (1926–2020), Moldovan filmmaker
• Viktoria Baškite (born 1985), Estonian chess player
• Victoria Bateman (born 1979), English academic and economist
• Victoria Beckham (born 1974), English singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and television personality
• Victoria Bergsman (born 1977), Swedish songwriter, musician, and vocalist
• Victoria Grace Blackburn (1865–1928), Canadian journalist and writer
• Victoria Borwick (born 1956), English politician
• Victoria Brittain (born 1942), British journalist and author
• Victoria Calvert (born 1981), American judge
• Victoria Canal (born 1998), Spanish-American singer-songwriter.
• Victoria Carbó (born 1963), Argentine field hockey player
• Victoria Carl (born 1995), German cross-country skier
• Victoria Carling, English actress
• Victoria Catlin (1952–2024), American actress
• Victoria Chaplina (born 1988), Russian volleyball player
• Viktória Chladoňová (born 2006), Slovak race cyclist
• Victoria Clark (born 1959), American actress and singer
• Victoria Clarke (born 1959), American communications consultant
• Victoria Mary Clarke (born 1966), Irish journalist and writer
• Victoria Coren Mitchell (born 1972), English writer, presenter, and professional poker player
• Victoria Santa Cruz (1922–2014), Afro-Peruvian choreographer, composer and activist
• Victoria Cuenca (fl. 1928–1946), Argentine actress
• Victoria Dayneko (born 1987), Russian actress, singer, and songwriter
• Victoria De Angelis (born 2000), Italian–Danish bassist and songwriter
• Victoria de Lesseps (born 1994), French–American artist
• Victoria de Stefano (1940–2023), Italian–Venezuelan educator, essayist, novelist, and philosopher
• Victoria Derbyshire (born 1968), British journalist, newsreader and broadcaster
• Victoria Donda (born 1977), Argentine activist and politician
• Victoria Doudera, American politician
• Victoria Drummond (1894–1978), first woman marine engineer in the UK and first woman member of Institute of Marine Engineers
• Victoria Duffield (born 1995), Canadian singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress
• Victoria Dunlap (born 1989), American basketball player
• Victoria Edwards (born 1948), New Zealand artist, printmaker, and art educator
• Victoria Ekanoye (born 1981), English actress
• Victoria Forester (born 1974), Canadian author
• Victoria Fromkin (1923–2000), American linguist
• Victoria Fyodorova (1946–2012), Russian–American actress and author
• Victoria Georgieva (born 1997), Bulgarian singer and songwriter
• Victoria Quirino-Gonzalez (1931–2006), former first lady of the Philippines
• Victoria Gouramma (1841–1864), Indian princess
• Victoria Gowon (born 1946), Nigerian nurse and the third first lady of Nigeria
• Victoria Grace, emerita professor of sociology
• Victoria Groce (born 1981), American quiz player and game show contestant
• Victoria Hamilton (born 1971), English actress
• Victoria Hanna, Israeli multi-disciplinary artist, singer and musician
• Victoria Haralabidou, Greek actress
• Victoria Hislop (born 1959), English writer
• Victoria Horne (1911–2003), American actress
• Victoria Jackson (born 1959), American comedian and actress
• Victoria Johnson (born 1969), American author and historian
• Victoria Justice (born 1993), American actress, singer, and model
• Victoria Kakuktinniq (born 1989), Canadian Inuk fashion designer
• Victoria Kamāmalu (1838–1866), Hawaiian crown princess
• Victoria Kan (born 1995), Uzbekistani–born Russian tennis player
• Victoria Kaspi (born 1967), American–Canadian astrophysicist and professor
• Victoria Kawesa (born 1975), Ugandan–born Swedish politician
• Victoria Reggie Kennedy (born 1954), American diplomat, attorney, and activist
• Victoria Kennefick (fl. 2015-), Irish poet and academic
• Victoria Kent (1891–1987), Spanish lawyer and politician
• Victoria Koblenko (born 1980), Ukrainian–Dutch actress and columnist
• Victoria Kokhana (born 1990), Ukrainian musician
• Victoria Konefal, American actress
• Victoria Kwakwa, Ghanaian economist
• Victoria Lee (2004–2022), American mixed martial artist
• Victoria Legrand (born 1981), French–American musician
• Victoria Ann Lewis, American actress and theatre artist
• Victoria Loke (born 1992), Singaporean activist, actress, and model
• Victoria Lomasko (born 1978), Russian graphic artist
• Victoria Longley (1960–2010), Australian actress
• Victoria Lopyreva (born 1983), Russian television presenter, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder
• Victoria Manni (born 1994), Italian figure skater
• Victoria Mavridou (born 1991), Greek weightlifter
• Victoria Monét (born 1989), American singer and songwriter
• Victoria Moors (born 1996), Canadian artistic gymnast
• Victoria Mxenge (1942–1985), South African activist, lawyer, and nurse
• Victoria Napolitano (born 1988), American politician
• Victoria Neave (born 1980), American attorney and politician
• Victoria Nuland (born 1961), American diplomat
• Victoria Nyame (died 1980), Ghanaian politician
• Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979), Argentine writer and intellectual
• Victoria Palacios (born 1977), Mexican race walker
• Victoria Pedretti (born 1995), American actress
• Victoria Pelova (born 1999), Dutch professional footballer
• Victoria Pendleton (born 1980), English jockey
• Victoria Poleva (born 1962), Ukrainian composer
• Victoria Powers, American mathematician
• Victoria Pratt (born 1970), Canadian actress
• Victoria Prentis (born 1971), British politician and barrister
• Victoria Price (born 1962), American public speaker and the author
• Victoria Principal (born 1950), Japanese–born American actress, author, entrepreneur, and producer
• Victoria Ransom, New Zealand entrepreneur
• Victoria Riskin (born 1945), American screenwriter
• Victoria Rodríguez, several people
• Victoria Rowell (born 1959), American actress and dancer
• Victoria Ruffo (born 1962), Mexican actress
• Victoria Sanchez, several people
• Victoria Silvstedt (born 1974), Swedish model and actress
• Victoria Sinitsina (born 1995), Russian figure skater
• Victoria Smurfit (born 1974), Irish actress
• Victoria Song (born 1987), Chinese actress, dancer, model, and singer
• Victoria Spivey (1906–1976), American blues singer, songwriter, and record company founder
• Victoria Starmer (born c. 1973), British former soliticor and occupational health worker, wife of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
• Victoria Leigh Soto (1985–2012), American teacher, victim of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
• Victoria Spartz (born 1978), Ukrainian–American politician
• Victoria Jackson-Stanley (born 1953), American politician
• Victoria Swarovski (born 1993), Austrian businesswoman, singer, and television presenter
• Victoria Tennant (born 1950), English actress
• Victoria Thaine (born 1984), Australian actress
• Victoria Toensing (born 1941), American attorney
• Victoria Tolbert (1916–1997), First Lady of Liberia
• Victoria Trofimenko (born 1979), Ukrainian filmmaker
• Victoria Velásquez (born 1991), Danish politician
• Victoria Vetri (born 1944), American model and actress
• Victoria Villarruel (born 1975), Argentine lawyer and politician
• Victoria Vivians (born 1994), American professional basketball player
• Victoria Vokes (1850–1894), British music hall, pantomime and burlesque actress and dancer
• Victoria Vox (born 1978), American singer, songwriter and musician
• Victoria Walker, known as PinkPantheress (born 2001), British singer, songwriter, and record producer
• Victoria, Lady Welby (1837–1912), English philosopher
• Victoria Williams (born 1958), American musician, singer, and songwriter
• Victoria Williamson (born 1993), English bobsledder and track cyclist
• Victoria Wood (1953–2016), English actress, comedian, singer, and writer
• Victoria Woodards (born 1965), American politician
• Victoria Woodhull (1838–1927), American leader of the women's suffrage movement
• Victoria Wyndham (born 1945), American actress
• Victoria Yeates (born 1983), English actress
• Victoria Yakusha (born 1982), Ukrainian architect, designer, and artist
• Victoria Zhilinskayte (born 1989), Russian handball player
• Victoria Zuloaga (born 1988), Argentine field hockey player
• Victoria Zárate Zurita (1893–1964), Spanish teacher and trade unionist

• Adia Victoria (born 1986), American singer and songwriter
• Ana Victoria (born 1983), American-born Mexican singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer
• Brian Victoria (born 1939), educator and author on Buddhism
• Eduardo Victoria (born 1970), Mexican actor
• Eladio Victoria (1864–1939), Dominican politician
• Francisco Victoria (1796–1830), Mexican independence fighter
• Guadalupe Victoria (1786–1843), first president of Mexico
• Gustavo Victoria (born 1980), Colombian football player
• Heidi Victoria (born 1967), Australian politician
• Manuel Victoria (died 1833), Mexican governor of Alta California in 1831
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611), Spanish composer

• Victoria, the malicious vampire in the Twilight series, the antagonist of New Moon and Eclipse
• Victoria, in the video game Hitman: Absolution
• Victoria the White Cat, from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats
• Victoria Newman Abbott, on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Victoria Argent, a werewolf hunter and mother of the main female character Allison Argent in MTV television drama Teen Wolf
• Victoria "Vicki" Donovan, a high school girl turned into a vampire in the 2009-17 television drama The Vampire Diaries
• Victoria Everglot, in the 2005 stop-motion animated film Corpse Bride
• Victoria Grayson, antagonist of the ABC television series Revenge (2011–2015)
• Victoria Hand, a Marvel Comics character
• Victoria Heyes, a fictional character in the Terrifier franchise
• Victoria Lord, the principal character on the American soap opera One Life to Live
• Victoria "Vicky" McGee, in the 1984 American sci-fi horror film Firestarter, played by Heather Locklear
• Victoria Neuman, the neoconservative vice president of the United States from the TV series The Boys
• Victoria Page, in the Dream Theater concept album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
• Victoria "Tori" Spring, in the graphic novel Heartstopper
• Victoria Sugden, on the British soap opera Emmerdale
• Victoria "Tori" Vega, in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious, played by Victoria Justice
• Victoria Waterfield, in the British television series Doctor Who, played by Deborah Watling
• Victoria Winters, the young governess in Dark Shadows

• Saint Victoria (disambiguation), several Christian saints with this name
• Victoria (disambiguation)
• Victoire (disambiguation), French equivalent
• Viktoria (disambiguation)
• Viktoriya
• Viktorija (disambiguation)