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I was wondering today why I haven't come across anyone with this name in my research. I know Queen Victoria wasn't alway so popular with her subjects but you'd think someone would have named their daughter after her. After all, she was around long enough.

Hi Helen I have yet to come across any Victoria's in my tree - out of curiosity I looked on the 1891 census and there were only 5,235 Victoria's as opposed to 1,518,125 Albert's. There were over a million Elizabeth's and over half a million Jane's. Not sure why this was any one got any ideas?

Victoria was a not very common German name - Queen Victoria was named after her mother Victoire. Although the name became obligatory thereafter for at least one daughter in any royal family, it was not a name working class people had. Perhaps it was seen as a bit foreign.

Had my son been a girl, he would have been named Victoria. One of my sisters has used it as a middle name for her daughter. I also have 2 friends with daughters called Victoria.

My greatgrandmother had 7 daughters and none named Victoria but my grandad is a Albert as was his brothers son. Debbi

I have a Victoria in my tree. BUT She changes to Beatrice on the census after.

we have a Princess on ours - does that count?

One of my Grandfather's sisters was named Victoria. Known as Vicky. Kathy

My mother was named Victoria, she was born in 1899.

Try David Beckham, I heard he's got one!!!

I havnt any Victorias in my tree, but it was very strange my little girl started to read her new school book, about Biff Chip and Kipper who have magic adventures. And this time the magic key took them to victorian London where they met a little girl called Vicky and in the story they ended up in the palace with Queen Victoria and her Grandchildren. I thought it was so strange as this thread only started today. Debbie

I have got an Albert in my tree but he was born c.1803, well before the name became popular in UK. Has anyone else got an Albert as early as this? I'm trying to find if it was a regional name, it might help me trace where he was born.

Plenty of Alberts but the only Victoria is our darling youngest granddaughter who's almost 3 yrs old, she's named Autumn Vivtoria Grace. Oh and we have had 2 Heaven's too. 1 a granddaughter age 12 and 1 who was almost the same age born in the USA but sadly died of Leukaemia a couple of years ago.

i have a victoria in my tree. my daughter born 1983. the name didn't amuse her, known as vicky to her friends, the victoria only used by myself if im angry with her. thankfully not that often. i loved the name and still do.

i also have two daughters1 called victoria likes to be known as vicky and a daughter called elizabeth who likes to be called elizabeth ,i have traced my husbands family back to early 1700s and each generation has an elizabeth ,which we found out as we started researching ....

Hi Helen, I've got an Aunt Vicky (Victoria) and surname Smith on my Mothers side (Brenda Marjory) lived in Cardiff and now Coventry I believe, if still alive, still looking.

My daughter is Victoria born 1982 known as Vicky to her friends

Hi I am Allyson Thompson living in Brussels, I have two daughters Victoria Louise born 1979 and Helen Elizabeth born 1980. I always wanted a daughter to call Victoria, although it is usualy shortened to Vickie or even Vick. Victoria if I am cross with her which is almost never as she is smashing as is her sister.