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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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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
● 657 Victor (nom) DCEL-2 CCCXXVIII; 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 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Victor.