Vic

Where Vic comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Vic.

  • 1 syllable
Vic through the years
  1. 1899
    First appearance
    #857 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1923
    Vic Seixas born
    American tennis player
  3. 1929
    Vic Morrow born
    American actor
  4. 1958
    Peak, #844
    80 babies named Vic, the most in any year.
  5. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,449.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Victor.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Victoria.
Namesakes
  • Vic Morrow · American actor, 1929–1982
  • Vic Seixas · American tennis player, 1923–2024
  • Vic Wild · American-born Russian snowboarder, born 1986
  • Vic Elford · British racing driver, 1935–2022
  • Vic Chesnutt · singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia, 1964–2009

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.