First name origin & meaning: Latin: Victor; conqueror First name variations: Viktor, Vitorio, Vittorio, Vick, Vic, Vince Last name origin & meaning: French: from a medieval personal name (Latin Victor meaning
‘conqueror’, an agent derivative of vincere ‘to win’). Early
Christians often bore this name in reference to Christ’s victory over
sin and death, and there are a large number of saints so called. Some
of the principal ones, who contributed to the popularity of the
personal name in the Middle Ages, are a 2nd-century pope, a
3rd-century Mauritanian martyr, and a 5th-century bishop of
Cologne. This name appears in the following lists:
Saints,
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