Victoria?

[Jaz32]

Opinions on Victoria? Too old fashioned? I didn't used to like it but it's growing on me. Is too long a name (too many syllables) for a baby? Do you know many? I don't know any Victoria's younger than 27?!

Lovely name. Timeless.
Various abbreviations:
Vic, Vicky, Tor, Toria, Queenie (as I learned a couple of days ago).

I love it. A really strong name. But I probably won’t use it because I hate Vic / Vicky. Might keep for a middle name.

Thanks for replies, I initially didn't want it because I'm not a huge fan of Vicky or Tori, however, I think they'd grow on me as the name itself has.

I love Elizabeth too and the potential shortenings for it but my husband doesn't like it 😩

Quite like it.
What about Katharine?

Love it! Classic and feminine. I wouldn't shorten it at all.

Beautiful.

Sorry, I think it's a really ugly, hard sounding word.

It's okay but I'm not overly fond of names with more than two syllables. It might get a boost from the TV show which I believe is a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

(The actor who plays Victoria is so gorgeous, I wonder if they'd cast someone who looked like the actual Victoria whether it would have been quite so successful )

And if it makes the cut for Harry and Meghan's baby it will definitely become more popular then.

I love any classic traditional name like Victoria or Elizabeth. Or indeed Catherine. You can't go wrong with choices like these.

Victoria is lovely. Timeless and it's also much nicer than Elizabeth (although I love Eliza).

Beautiful.

Don't mind the name itself but it's one of those that always gets shortened so you'd have to be ok with the nicknames- she'd definitely get Vicky by a lot of people which I really don't like. Tori or Toria is better but still not dying about them.

Also I totally agree about the casting in Victoria! The actress who plays her is stunning. Actual Queen Victoria....not so much.

I know two adult Victorias who always go by their full name. I like it, beautiful name.

@GreatAuntBertha yes if Meghan & Harry use it as a first name it will be off the table lol

Lovely name.

I had several really pretty girls' names sorted out for our baby. All had 3 syllables and were older more traditional names.

I had a boy!!!

We only had one name sorted for a boy - Christopher.
He is Christopher George [George after my late lovely Dad].

I don't like it just because I hate the shortening "Vicky" and I think that's inevitably what most people will shorten it to

Sorry I find it very ugly and harsh

I don't really like it, but it is your baby OP! but something I have learnt is that if you used to not like a name and then it 'grows' on you, maybe you don't really love it and won't love it forever, like maybe you're just having a 'fling' with a name (if that makes sense)?! I would go for something you've loved forever, much more guaranteed you'll still love the name years from now x

Love it but it's in the running for the roysl baby imo.

It's a lovely name.

I love the name Victoria.

This is my forename and I love it!! If it helps I've never been called Vicky, Vic, tori etc always been known as Victoria. x

I've got a Victoria (teenaged); I think she's come across occasional others at school over the years. She's always been Victoria at home and mostly at school I think, though gets Vicky / V a bit from friends. I steered clear of Tory (too many run-ins with a nasty one in primary school!). I'm still happy with it, her brother has a multi-syllable name, mostly unshortened, too.

She herself has mostly been fine with her name. When she was 12-13 she was a bit unhappy with it and - as she was due to change schools - I sat down one summer and said, actually, if you want to be known as something else at your new school it's perfectly possible to do so. The "hard" sounds seemed to be at the root of the problem - but actually she couldn't find a name she wanted to be known as so that was that. We also have a surname that you have to be a bit careful with, particularly with regards to initials.