Victoria
Meaning of Victoria
Victoria—pronounced vik-TOR-ee-uh—unfurls like a silk banner in an autumn wind, its Latin root meaning “victory” whispering of Roman laurels even as its syllables ripple with the measured grace of a Japanese tea ceremony; she bears the gleam of the winged goddess who sped triumphs across marble forums and the quiet authority of Queen Victoria, whose reign etched the name on maps and manners alike, yet she also carries the refined resilience of kintsugi, that art of gilding what has been broken so it may shine again. Through the decades she has lingered high on American birth charts, never hurried yet never retreating, a steady drum echoing from grandmothers’ parlors to neon-washed nursery walls—proof that her appeal, at once regal and quietly fierce, drifts beyond trends like moonlight over a still pond. To bestow Victoria is to offer an heirloom katana sheathed in velvet: elegant, unflinching, and forever poised to cut a luminous path toward triumph.
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as vik-TOR-ee-uh (vɪk'tɔr.i.ə)
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Notable People Named Victoria
| Victoria Beckham is an English fashion designer and singer who rose to fame as Posh Spice in the Spice Girls and later scored two UK top ten solo singles, becoming a global style icon. |
| Victoria Woodhull was a pioneering American suffragist who ran for president in 1872, often cited as the first woman to do so, though some dispute it because she was under the constitutional age. |
| Victoria Justice is an American actress and singer who rose to Nickelodeon fame in Zoey 101 and Victorious, won a Bravo Otto, a Kids' Choice Award, and two Young Artist Awards, and starred in Spectacular and The Boy Who Cried Werewolf. |
| Ena, born Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, was a Hessian princess and granddaughter of Queen Victoria who became Queen of Spain as the wife of King Alfonso XIII. |
| Victoria Pendleton is a British former track cyclist who won two Olympic gold medals, one silver medal, and multiple world titles, making her one of the most successful female Olympians from Great Britain. |
| American actress Victoria Pedretti is best known for The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and as Love Quinn in You, earning Critics Choice and Saturn Award nominations. |
| Victoria Coren Mitchell - Victoria Elizabeth Coren Mitchell is a British writer, TV presenter, and poker pro who writes weekly for The Daily Telegraph and has hosted the BBC quiz Only Connect since 2008. |
| Victoria Rowell is an American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer who began as a ballet dancer and model and is best known for her Daytime Emmy nominated role as Drucilla Winters on The Young and the Restless and as Dr. Amanda Bentley on Diagnosis: Murder. |
| Victoria Jackson is an American actress and comedian best known as a Saturday Night Live cast member from 1986 to 1992. |
| Victoria Derbyshire is a British journalist and broadcaster best known for her eponymous BBC current affairs show from 2015 to 2020 and for presenting Newsnight and Panorama. |
| Victoria Clark is an American actress and musical theatre soprano, a two-time Tony Award winner for The Light in the Piazza and Kimberly Akimbo, known for her Broadway roles and her solo album Fifteen Seconds of Grace. |
| Karin Victoria Silvstedt is a Swedish actress, singer, model, and television host who competed in Miss World 1993 and became Playboy Playmate of the Year in 1997. |
| Victoria Alexandra Fromkin was an American linguist at UCLA who used slips of the tongue and other speech errors to advance the study of phonology. |
| Victoria Wenonah Banks is a Canadian singer and songwriter based in Nashville who has written for artists like Reba McEntire and Sara Evans, earning two ASCAP Country Music Awards, a SOCAN International Achievement Award, a Covenant Award and a Grammy nomination. |
| Victoria Gotti is an American author and TV personality best known as the daughter of Gambino crime boss John Gotti. |
