Victory

Names that expect to win.

113 names · 33 traditions

The same root, across a whole language family

These are attested shared morphemes — not coincidences of spelling. Where we are not confident a root is shared, we say nothing and simply list the names.

nike / niki

victory (Greek)

Greek

Agathoniki, Aglaonike, Berenike, Elpiniki, Eunike, Kalliniki, Kleoniki, Nika

victor-

victory (Latin)

Latin, Spanish, Italian, French

Victoria, Victorine, Vittoria, Vittoriana, Vittorina

sig- / sigr-

victory (Germanic)

German, Norse, Icelandic

Sigbjorg, Sigburga, Sigelinde, Sigfrid, Sighild, Sighilde, Sigihild, Sigilinde

Every tradition, side by side

Greek 17

Agathoniki Aglaonike Berenike Bernice Elpiniki Eunice Eunike Kalliniki Kleoniki Nikandra Nike Niki Nikita Nikoleta Nikoletta Nikolitsa Theonike

Italian 11

Nicasia Nicla Nicoletta Nicolina Sigismonda Vincenza Vincenzina Vittoria Vittoriana Vittorina Zelinda

German 8

Nele Sigburga Sigelinde Sighild Sighilde Sigihild Sigilinde Sigrada

French 6

Colette Nicole Sigourney Victoire Victoirine Victorine

English 5

Kelsea Kelsey Nichelle Nikki Tory

Arabic 4

Cairo Faiza Fawzia Nusrat

Old Norse 4

Signe Signy Sigrid Sigrun

Icelandic 4

Sigrlinn Sigthrudur Sigurlaug Sigurros

Irish 2

Dutch 2

Russian 2

Norse 2

Norwegian 2

Old Germanic 1

Welsh 1

Bengali 1

American 1

Other 1

Buryat 1

Somali 1

Spanish 1

Croatian 1

Punjabi 1

Germanic 1

Frisian 1

Swedish 1

Scandinavian 1

Turkish 1

Coptic 1

Tamil 1

Latin 1

Polish 1

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