Maybe
Victor seems too "bold and obvious" for English-speaking people, but here in Sweden it is very popular. I had an old uncle named
Viktor, and now the name is popular again.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (
Edith Södergran 1891-1923)