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Meaning of the nameVítor

Vítor is a male name of Latin origin, the Portuguese form of Victor, which comes from the Latin word victor, 'winner'.

Meaning

“winner”

Source: Wiktionary: Victor · Behind the Name: Victor

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People (2022)
489,038
Rank in Brazil
#43
Median age
17 years
2010 Census
422,903
people

Vítor in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Vítor, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (191,109 people).

3,618 women 485,420 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Vítor is most common

States with the highest share of people named Vítor in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Minas Gerais 0.299%
  2. Paraná 0.290%
  3. Rondônia 0.288%
  4. Mato Grosso 0.283%
  5. São Paulo 0.282%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo125,0980.282%
Minas Gerais61,4890.299%
Rio de Janeiro38,2990.239%
Paraná33,1410.290%
Rio Grande do Sul29,8990.275%
Bahia26,9040.190%
Santa Catarina21,1040.277%
Goiás18,6260.264%
Pernambuco15,9780.176%
Pará15,4260.190%
Maranhão12,4190.183%
Ceará11,4260.130%
Mato Grosso10,3410.283%
Espírito Santo8,3710.218%
Mato Grosso do Sul7,3520.267%
Amazonas7,3210.186%
Distrito Federal7,1700.255%
Piauí5,6580.173%
Paraíba5,5820.140%
Alagoas5,3830.172%
Rio Grande do Norte4,7380.144%
Sergipe4,6280.209%
Rondônia4,5490.288%
Tocantins3,6930.244%
Acre1,6720.201%
Amapá1,5370.210%
Roraima1,2340.194%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Vítor

Wiktionary records Vítor as a male name coming from Latin, equivalent to Victor, and Vitor, without the accent, as an alternative form. Victor comes from a Late Latin personal name taken from the word victor, 'conqueror', and Behind the Name describes it as a Roman cognomen that meant 'winner, conqueror'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 489,038 people named Vitor, with a median age of 17. Because IBGE does not distinguish accents, Vítor and Vitor appear together in these numbers.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Vítor · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Victor · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Victor · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Vitor · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Vítor

What does the name Vítor mean?

Vítor means “winner”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Vítor in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 489,038 people with the first name Vítor, which ranks it number 43 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Vítor a boy's or a girl's name?

Vítor is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 3,618 women and 485,420 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Vítor?

Vítor is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Vítor most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.299% of the state's population is named Vítor (61,489 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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