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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.

Belgium
Middle Dutch
1455 Victor (nom) MPSA p. 42; 1457 Victor (nom) ibid. p. 43; 1460 Victor (nom) ibid. p. 44; 1463 Victor (nom) ibid. p. 45; 1469 Victor (nom) ibid. p. 47
Dutch
1597x1598 Victor BoonenGes p. 325
England
Early Modern English
1584 Victor bruton1 p. 115
Walloon
1582/3 Victor RWC p. 5; 1592 Victor ibid. p. 564; 1594 Victor ibid. p. 34; 1598 Victor ibid. p. 49
Estonia
Middle Low German
1592 Ficke Tiik1977 p. 288
France
Latin
657 Victor (nom) DCEL-2 CCCXXVIII; 814 Victor (nom) StVdM-II H3; 1378 Victor (nom) hanquetvol1 344, Victori (dat) ibid. 1623
Middle French
1587 Victor RTFProvins 136
Germany
Latin
1394 Victoris (gen) SMM p. 171
Italy
Latin
1461 Victuri (gen) CatTir1 104
Italian
1513x1521 Vetario LeoX p. 35, Vitario ibid. p. 35
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Victor". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Victor.