those were the values of the the middle class trades people and professionals, which emphasized hard work, thrift, religious observance, family, awareness of one's duty, absolute honesty in public life and prudishness (extreme respectability in sexual matters). The name 'Victorian Values' comes from Queen VICTORIA. As A HARD WORKING MOTHER OF TEN CHILDREN, DEVOTED TO HER HUSBAND pRINCE Albert, she was regarded as the personification of contemporary morals.