The first name Vitus
A boy’s name from Latin meaning “a person from bithynia”, “life”.
2 syllables Male
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
Vitus means “a person from bithynia”, “life” in Latin.
Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". Also associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy.
More names that mean life.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Vitus at birth, 1880–2025
In 2016, 6 boys born in the United States were named Vitus, the 12,091st most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2010, when 7 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Vitus in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Famous people named Vitus
3 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Vitus BeringDanish-born Russian explorer (1681-1741)
- Vitus Rubianto SolichinBishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Padang, born 1968
- Vitus EicherGerman footballer, born 1990
More Latin boys’ names
Questions
- What does the name Vitus mean?
- Vitus means “a person from bithynia”, “life” in Latin.
- What is the origin of the name Vitus?
- Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". Also associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy.
- When was Vitus most popular?
- 2010 in the United States, when 7 babies were named Vitus, its highest rank at 10,698th.