Meaning of the nameWictor
- Male
- Wic-tor
Wictor is a Brazilian masculine name written with W where Victor has V; the origin of the spelling with W is not known for certain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,109 people named Wictor, the 7,701st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 18, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Meaning
The meaning of Wictor is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,109
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,701
- Median age
- 18 years
- 2010 Census
- 610
- people
Wictor in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Wictor, 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 (525 people).
0 women 1,100 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 Wictor is most common
States with the highest share of people named Wictor in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 124 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 100 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 89 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 87 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 65 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 65 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 61 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 54 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 52 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 47 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 44 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 38 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 30 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 29 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 29 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 26 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 25 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 21 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 20 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 19 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 19 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 19 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Wictor
Wictor is written with W where Victor has V. Behind the Name explains Victor as a Roman cognomen with the Latin meaning "victor, conqueror", and Wiktionary gives it as a learned borrowing from Late Latin Victor. The W appears in Wiktor, the Polish form of Victor according to Wiktionary, but the origin of the spelling Wictor in Brazil is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,109 people named Wictor, with a median age of 18. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco. The people recorded are almost always male and were born from the 1980s onward, the largest group in the 2000s.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Victor · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Victor · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Wiktor · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Wictor
What does the name Wictor mean?
The meaning of Wictor is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Wictor in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,109 people with the first name Wictor, which ranks it number 7,701 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Wictor a boy's or a girl's name?
Wictor is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,100 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Wictor most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.001% of the state's population is named Wictor (100 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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