Viktor
English
Proper noun
Viktor
- A transliteration of the Macedonian or Russian male given name Ви́ктор (Víktor).
- A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Ві́ктор (Víktor).
- 2025 December 8, Dmytro Durnev, “A voice from the kill zone : One Ukrainian sergeant tells Novaya Europe he is prepared to defend Donbas from Russian forces for as long as it takes”, in Novaya Gazeta Europe[1]:
- Viktor is monitoring the brigade’s area of responsibility by watching a livestream from a drone flying somewhere over the outskirts of Kostyantynivka on his smartphone.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɪktor]
Proper noun
Viktor m anim
- a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
Declension
Declension of Viktor (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Viktor | Viktorové |
| genitive | Viktora | Viktorů |
| dative | Viktorovi, Viktoru | Viktorům |
| accusative | Viktora | Viktory |
| vocative | Viktore | Viktorové |
| locative | Viktorovi, Viktoru | Viktorech |
| instrumental | Viktorem | Viktory |
Danish
Proper noun
Viktor
- a male given name, variant of Victor
Estonian
Proper noun
Viktor
- a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
- a transliteration of the Russian male given name Ви́ктор (Víktor) (common among Russian-speaking Estonians).
Faroese
Etymology
Ultimately, from Latin Victor.
Proper noun
Viktor m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
Usage notes
Patronymics
- Viktor's son: Viktorsson
- Viktor's daughter: Viktorsdóttir
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Viktor |
| accusative | Viktor |
| dative | Viktori |
| genitive | Viktors |
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋiktor/, [ˈʋikt̪o̞r]
- Rhymes: -iktor
- Syllabification(key): Vik‧tor
- Hyphenation(key): Vik‧tor
Proper noun
Viktor
- a male given name
Declension
| Inflection of Viktor (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Viktor | Viktorit | |
| genitive | Viktorin | Viktorien Viktoreiden Viktoreitten | |
| partitive | Viktoria | Viktoreita Viktoreja | |
| illative | Viktoriin | Viktoreihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Viktor | Viktorit | |
| accusative | nom. | Viktor | Viktorit |
| gen. | Viktorin | ||
| genitive | Viktorin | Viktorien Viktoreiden Viktoreitten | |
| partitive | Viktoria | Viktoreita Viktoreja | |
| inessive | Viktorissa | Viktoreissa | |
| elative | Viktorista | Viktoreista | |
| illative | Viktoriin | Viktoreihin | |
| adessive | Viktorilla | Viktoreilla | |
| ablative | Viktorilta | Viktoreilta | |
| allative | Viktorille | Viktoreille | |
| essive | Viktorina | Viktoreina | |
| translative | Viktoriksi | Viktoreiksi | |
| abessive | Viktoritta | Viktoreitta | |
| instructive | — | Viktorein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
- Viktor is the 304th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,405 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,405 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 5 female individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Viktor
- a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Latin personal name Victor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈviktor]
- Hyphenation: Vik‧tor
- Rhymes: -or
Proper noun
Viktor
- a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Victor
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Viktor | Viktorok |
| accusative | Viktort | Viktorokat |
| dative | Viktornak | Viktoroknak |
| instrumental | Viktorral | Viktorokkal |
| causal-final | Viktorért | Viktorokért |
| translative | Viktorrá | Viktorokká |
| terminative | Viktorig | Viktorokig |
| essive-formal | Viktorként | Viktorokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Viktorban | Viktorokban |
| superessive | Viktoron | Viktorokon |
| adessive | Viktornál | Viktoroknál |
| illative | Viktorba | Viktorokba |
| sublative | Viktorra | Viktorokra |
| allative | Viktorhoz | Viktorokhoz |
| elative | Viktorból | Viktorokból |
| delative | Viktorról | Viktorokról |
| ablative | Viktortól | Viktoroktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Viktoré | Viktoroké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Viktoréi | Viktorokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Viktorom | Viktoraim |
| 2nd person sing. | Viktorod | Viktoraid |
| 3rd person sing. | Viktora | Viktorai |
| 1st person plural | Viktorunk | Viktoraink |
| 2nd person plural | Viktorotok | Viktoraitok |
| 3rd person plural | Viktoruk | Viktoraik |
Icelandic
Proper noun
Viktor m (proper noun, genitive singular Viktors)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
Declension
| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Viktor |
| accusative | Viktor |
| dative | Viktori |
| genitive | Viktors |
Norwegian
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Viktor
- a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈviktɔr/
Proper noun
Viktor m pers (genitive singular Viktora, nominative plural Viktorovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Viktor | Viktorovia |
| genitive | Viktora | Viktorov |
| dative | Viktorovi | Viktorom |
| accusative | Viktora | Viktorov |
| locative | Viktorovi | Viktoroch |
| instrumental | Viktorom | Viktormi |
Further reading
- “Viktor”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Victor. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1640 as Victor.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Interjection
Viktor
- The letter "V" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
- Synonym: enkel-v
Proper noun
Viktor c (genitive Viktors)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Victor
Related terms
- (surname) Viktorsson
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 30 232 males with the given name Viktor (compared to 17 525 named Victor) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 2000s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011.