Origin, Meaning and Forms
Victoria is the Latin word for 'victory' or 'conquer' and is used as the feminine form corresponding to the name Victor. Hence, Victoria Salvador means 'victory to the savior'.
In Roman mythology, Victoria was the name of the goddess of victory, corresponding to the Greek goddess Nike.
There are several different variations of the name Victoria:
- Bulgarian: Виктория (Viktoriya)
- Belarusian: Вікторыя (Viktoryia)
- Danish: Viktoria
- Croatian: Viktorija
- Czech: Viktorie, Viktorka
- Finnish: Viktoria
- French: Victoire, Victorina, Victorine
- German: Viktoria
- Greek: Βικτώρια (Viktória)
- Hungarian: Viktória
- Icelandic: Viktoría
- Irish: Victeoiria, Buadhnait
- Italian: Vittoria, Vittoriana
- Latvian: Viktorija
- Lithuanian: Viktorija
- Maltese: Vitorja
- Polish: Wiktoria
- Portuguese: Victória, Vitória
- Romanian: Victoria
- Russian: Виктория (Viktoriya)
- Serbian: Викторија
- Slovene: Viktorija
- Slovak: Viktória
- Spanish: Victoria
- Swedish: Viktoria, Victoria
- Ukrainian: Вікторія (Viktoriya)
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