Victoire (name)

Victoire

Pronunciation	French: [vik.twaʁ]
Gender	female
Language	French
Origin
Derivation	Latin victoria
Meaning	"victory"
Other names
Related names	Victoria, Viktorija, Viktoriya, Vittoria, Wiktoria, Victor

Victoire is a French feminine given name. It is the French form of the name Victoria and the feminine form of Victor. It is derived from the Latin word victoria, meaning "victory". ^[1]

Notable people with the name

• Victoire of France (1733–1799), daughter of King Louis XV of France
• Victoire Babois (1760–1839), French poet and writer of elegies
• Victoire Conroy (1819–1866), a disliked childhood companion of the future Queen Victoria
• Victoire Doutreleau (born 1934), French fashion model
• Victoire Du Bois (born 1988/89), French actress
• Victoire de Rohan (1743–1807), Princess of Guéméné, French noblewoman and governess of the children of King Louis XVI of France
• Victoire Ferrari (1785–1823), French pianist and singing teacher
• Victoire Jasmin (1955–2023), French politician
• Victoire Jean-Baptiste (1861–1923), Haitian politician de facto as mistress of President Florvil Hyppolite
• Victoire Léodile Béra (1824–1900), French novelist, journalist and feminist
• Victoire Piteau (born 1999), French boxer
• Victoire Rasoamanarivo (1848–1894), woman from Madagascar who devoted her life to the poor and the sick, beatified in 1989
• Victoire Thivisol (born 1991), French film actress
• Victoire Tomegah Dogbé (born 1959), Togolese politician, Prime Minister of Togo
• Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza (born 1968), Rwandan politician
• Victoire Wirix (1875–1938), Dutch artist

See also

• Victoire (disambiguation)
• Victoria (name)
• All pages with titles containing Victoire (name)

References

1. Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Victoire