Victor
Latin for "conqueror" or "winner". Only about 5,000 Polish men carry it, so meeting one sticks with you, though boys are still given the name steadily today.
Victor Pronunciation
What Victor means
Where Victor comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Victor comes straight from Latin, where victor meant conqueror or winner, the one who came out ahead. Early Christians took to it, and a second-century bishop of Rome, Pope Victor I, carried it into church history. From there it moved through English and French speech, and Polish reshaped it into Wiktor.
France gave the name one of its best-known bearers in Victor Hugo, the novelist behind Les Misérables. The English kept the Latin spelling almost untouched. Its sense stayed plain. A boy called Victor answers to conqueror every time a teacher reads down the class register.
Beside Victor stands Wiktoria, the feminine form, and both trace to that same Latin root for winning. The name-day calendar keeps a place for Wiktor among his namesakes. The meaning has not drifted far: zwycięzca, the one who wins.
How many people are named Victor
1 in 4164 men in Poland is named Victor. 5,126 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #483 among male names.
Victor's popularity over time
35 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #418 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where parents choose Victor
Victor is most popular in West Pomeranian, 52% above the national average (14 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+46%) and Silesian (+33%). It is least common in Warmian-Masurian and Holy Cross, 74% and 67% below average respectively.
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West Pomeranian
+52%1 in 6,030 babies
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Lower Silesian
+46%1 in 6,285 babies
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Silesian
+33%1 in 6,896 babies
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Warmian-Masurian
−74%1 in 35,897 babies
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Holy Cross
−67%1 in 27,717 babies
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Łódź
−27%1 in 12,672 babies
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West Pomeranian+52% 14 born1 in 6,030 babies+52%
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Lower Silesian+46% 25 born1 in 6,285 babies+46%
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Silesian+33% 33 born1 in 6,896 babies+33%
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Greater Poland+32% 31 born1 in 6,943 babies+32%
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Pomeranian+31% 21 born1 in 7,015 babies+31%
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Lublin−1% 11 born1 in 9,334 babies−1%
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Podlaskie−2% 7 born1 in 9,398 babies−2%
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Lesser Poland−7% 23 born1 in 9,866 babies−7%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−8% 11 born1 in 9,944 babies−8%
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Masovian−20% 31 born1 in 11,428 babies−20%
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Opole−20% 4 born1 in 11,524 babies−20%
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Subcarpathian−24% 10 born1 in 12,057 babies−24%
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Łódź−27% 10 born1 in 12,672 babies−27%
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Holy Cross−67% 2 born1 in 27,717 babies−67%
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Warmian-Masurian−74% 2 born1 in 35,897 babies−74%
Victor as a middle name
Victor is a first name for 5,126 men in Poland and a middle name for another 867, an 86/14 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 245th, between George (870) and Leo (862).
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#243 Miguel877
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#244 George870
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#245 Victor867
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#246 Leo862
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#247 Nicolas841