Victor

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Latin victor = 'conqueror, victor' ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Vicktor	♂
Wicktor	♂
Victor	♂
Wictor	♂
Vihtor	♂
Vihtori	♂
Viktor	♂
Wiktor	♂

See also
Variant forms: Victorinus
Female forms: Victoria
Pet forms: Vicke, Vigge, Viki

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1640 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		2	9	12420	17525
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	7306	n.a
Norway[5]		0	0	1203	1868
Finland[6]		0	0	n.a	1914
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[3][4][5][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[5]:

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi