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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Victor m. Latin victor 'victor, conqueror'.

The name of three popes and two anti-popes, as well as three early saints.

Estonia
Middle Low German
1592 Ficke Tiik1977 p. 288
France
Latin
1378 Victor (nom) hanquetvol1 344, Victori (dat) ibid. 1623
Italy
Latin
1527 Victorij (gen) Rome1527 p. 90
1348 Vectorini (gen) INP 27
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Victor". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Victor.