Vittoria

Vittoria is the Italian form of Victoria, from the Latin word victoria, meaning victory. In Roman religion Victoria was the goddess of victory, the equivalent of the Greek Nike. Vittoria Colonna, a noblewoman from one of the great Roman families, was among the leading poets of the Italian Renaissance and a close friend of Michelangelo, who addressed sonnets and drawings to her. The actress Vittoria Puccini is a modern bearer. The masculine form is Vittorio, as in the film director Vittorio De Sica. Victoria is the English and Spanish equivalent.