Viktor name meaning

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Updated: May 30th, 2024
Gender: Boy
Origin: Latin
Usage: German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Dutch, English, Hungarian, Russian, Slavic, Faroese, Sami, Icelandic, Greenlandic, Finnish, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian
Pronunciation: v(i)-ktor
Meaning: Victory, The Victor and Winner
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What does Viktor mean?

Viktor means Victory, The Victor or Winner is used primarily in Norwegian, Greenlandic, Russian, Sami, Hungarian, Scandinavian, Dutch, Danish, Faroese, Polish, German, Swedish, Slavic, English, Icelandic, Czech and Finnish is originated from Latin is used generally as a boy name .

Viktor is version of persistent and outstanding Victor. Victor is form of customary Viktor. Customary Victor is originated from Latin, Victor means "Victory and Champion".

How do I pronounce Viktor?

The two syllabled name Viktor is commonly pronounced as v(i)-ktor. vik-tor is another way(s) to say the name.

Variants of Viktor

Victoria, Victor, Bittor, Viki, Joaovictor, Bhictoria, Victorina, Tora, Anavictoria, Victoriamarie, Vici, Joaovitor, John, Jean, Joao

Middle Names for Viktor

Ulan, Ien, Pasquale, Ider, view more middle names that goes with Viktor

How popular is the name Viktor?

Viktor was a popular name in Sweden. Over 15520 babies have been given the name in 20 years. At the peak of its usage in 2000, the moniker grabbed the 4th spot and 1101 baby boys were given the name.

However after 20 years, the name is on free fall on the charts but still performing better than most of the names. Additionally, the first name has been in the top 5 baby names 1 times Viktor is a common name in United States given to over 2588 babies in 58 years.

At present peaked at the charts, 178 boys were bestowed the name and it was ranked at 1093rd position. Also, Viktor is common in Belgium where over 2278 new-borns have been given the name since 1995.

At the peak of its usage in 2017, the moniker grabbed the 60th spot and 148 baby boys were given the name.

Viktor is a familiar baby name in England and Wales, it has been in use since 1996 and was able to reach the top 700 names.

In 2015, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 656 on boy names chart when 53 babies were named Viktor. There are over 507 babies that have been given the name Viktor in England and Wales.

Also, in France, it has been in use since 1987 and was able to reach the top 600 names. In 2015, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 558 on boy names chart when 93 babies were named Viktor.

Over 1341 babies in France have been named Viktor.

Viktor is a unique baby name in Switzerland, it has been in use since 1998 and was able to reach the top 300 names.

In 2014, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 263 on boy names chart when 35 babies were named Viktor. There are over 392 babies that have been given the name Viktor in Switzerland.

Also, in Netherlands, in just 4 years, it has made it to the top 500 names. Recently in 2017, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 400 on boy names chart when 39 babies were named Viktor.

Over 144 babies in Netherlands have been named Viktor.

Viktor is an uncommon baby name in Ireland, in use since 2005, peaked in 2014 when it ranked 347th. However things change on global perspective, Viktor is extremely popular in Ukraine where every 1 in 60 have the name as well as in, Russia and Uzbekistan.

Also the baby name is popular in Kazakhstan, Germany, Belarus, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Czech Republic, Israel, Turkmenistan, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Indonesia, Tajikistan, Lithuania, Albania and Austria. According to our estimate, over 2290000 babies have been named Viktor globally.

YearRankBirths
20231284148
20221213162
20211324139
20201475115
20191239152
20181094179
20171132168
20161174162
20151241146
20141158163
View more ▾View full list ▾[1] Source: Social Security Administration

Facts

Viktor in Nordic countries

CountriesMenWomen
First NameSecondary NameFirst NameSecondary Name
Netherlands548351510
Finland134911973160

What numerology tells about Viktor?

When you talk people get hypnotized and admire your brains and wisdom. There's nothing that you cannot achieve if you focus on it. If someone surprises you in a positive way, that's fine. But it will take long until they earn your trust and full respect. You are truthful and prefer the cold truth over warm lies. You like to enjoy all the pleasures life has to give such as alcohol, music, food, sex, and sleeping.

You would love these names similar to Viktor

  •  Marjory - The widely accepted and evergreen girl name Marjory came from Greek and Latin, Marjory means "Pearl" is used in Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish
  •  Taura - Uncustomary Taura principally is used in English aimed at baby girls, meaning of Taura is "Many Rivers, Feminine Form of Taurus or Bull" is originated from Latin
  •  Estella - Meaning of Estella is Star used for both genders and is used prevalently in Swedish, Spanish and Danish has its origin in Latin and French
  •  Maccus specifically is used in English is a baby boy name, meaning of Maccus is "Hammer" came from Aramaic and Latin
  •  Fabia - Outlandish Latin Fabia means "Grower of Beans, Bean or The Word Faba Which is of the Meaning Bean" and is given to girls is particulary used in Italian, German and Spanish

Famous people named Viktor

  • Viktor Schauberger, (30 June 1885 in Holzschlag
  • Viktor Markin, (born 23 February 1957
  • Viktor Afanasyev, Soviet public figure
  • Viktor Ruban, Olympic gold medal winning former world number one Ukrainian archer
  • Viktor Kochubey, Russian statesman and a close aide of Alexander I of Russia
  • Viktor Orth, schizophrenic outsider artist and one of the "schizophrenic masters" profiled by Hans Prinzhorn
  • Viktor Nikitich Panin, 1801 Moscow – 13 April 1862 Nice) was conservative Russian Minister of Justice
  • Viktor Ullmann, Silesia-born Austrian composer
  • Viktor Kaplan, Austrian engineer and the inventor of the Kaplan turbine
  • Viktor Safronov, Soviet astronomer
  • Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian communist politician
  • Viktor Ivančić, Croatian journalist
  • Viktor Hartmann, He was associated with the Abramtsevo Colony
  • Viktor Balala, former Minister of Justice of Transnistria
  • Viktor Chistiakov, Russian pole vaulter
  • Viktor Ishayev, has been the Presidential plenipotentiary envoy
  • Viktor Shershunov, governor of Kostroma Oblast
  • Viktor Kress, Russian politician
  • Viktor Kožený, Czech-born fugitive financier
  • Viktor Pokrovsky, Russian lieutenant general and one of the leaders of anti-communist counterrevolutionary White Army during Russian Civil War
  • Viktor Filatov, Russian journalist
  • Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson, Icelandic writer of crime fiction
  • Viktor Jelenić, former Serbian water polo player
  • Viktor Pietschmann, Austrian ichthyologist at the Vienna Museum of Natural History
  • Viktor Kirpichov, prominent Russian engineer, physicist
  • Viktor Deputatov, former field hockey player from the Soviet Union
  • Viktor Grebennikov, self-proclaimed Russian scientist, naturalist
  • Viktor Gerashchenko, Chairman of the Soviet and then Russian Central Bank during much of the Perestroika and post-Perestroika periods
  • Viktor Zuckerkandl, Jewish-Austrian musicologist
  • Viktor Gusev, wrote lyrics to accompany several patriotic Soviet military tunes
  • Viktor Pugachev, former Soviet test pilot
  • Viktor Kovačić, Croatian architect and is often called "the father of modern Croatian architecture"
  • Viktor Trkal, In 1919 Trkal was Paul Ehrenfest's assistant
  • Viktor Dorkin,
  • Viktor Reneysky, sprint canoeist from Belarus
  • Viktor Morozov, is one of Ukraine's most popular singer-songwriters
  • Viktor Kostyrko, mayor of Tiraspol
  • Viktor Uspaskich, Russian-born Lithuanian entrepreneur and politician
  • Viktor Yerofeyev, Russian writer
  • Viktor Denisov, Soviet-born Russian sprint canoer
  • Viktor Tretiakov, Russian violinist and conductor
  • Viktor von Weizsäcker, German physician and physiologist
  • Viktor Barannikov, Soviet Interior Minister
  • Viktor Gorbatko, Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24
  • Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut
  • Viktor Shklovsky, Russian and Soviet literary theorist, critic
  • Viktor Afanasyev, colonel
  • Viktor Savinykh, astronaut
  • Viktor Meyer, German chemist and significant contributor to both organic and inorganic chemistry
  • Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician
  • Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor
  • Viktor Fyodorovich Karpukhin, member of the KGB
  • Viktor Lutze, commander of the 'Sturmabteilung'  succeeding Ernst Röhm as 'Stabschef'
  • Viktor Klimenko, singer
  • Viktor Klima, Austrian Social Democrat politician and businessman
  • Viktor Belenko, former Soviet pilot
  • Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian politician

Sources

  1. Social Security Administration, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html
  2. Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths
  3. Central Statistics Office - An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh, https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/babynames
  4. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2540004
  5. Sociale Verzekeringsbank, https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/family-names-and-first-names/first-names-boys-and-girls
  6. Office fédéral de la statistique, https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/population/naissances-deces/prenoms-nouveaux-nes.html
  7. Sociale Verzekeringsbank, https://www.svb.nl/nl/kindernamen/
  8. SCB- Statistikmyndigheten, https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/population/general-statistics/name-statistics/
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