Victoria
vik-TOR-ee-uh
A name of victory and triumph, ultimately from Latin and long associated with the Roman goddess or personification of Victory.
Meaning
Victoria comes from Latin, meaning “victory.” In the excerpts, it is glossed simply as “Victory,” and is linked to the original Roman Victoria, a Christian martyr in the tradition cited by Yonge. The name spread through forms such as Italian Vittoria and French Victoire before becoming established in English as Victoria.
Origin
Latinfeminine
Fun fact
The excerpts note that English likely picked up Victoria through German, after it had already become common in French and Italian forms.
Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.