Given name
Gintautas
“to defend, protect”·“the people”
Gintautas is a masculine given name. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gintautas is built from elements meaning “to defend, protect” and “the people”.
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How it developed
Built from Lithuanian ginti (“to defend, protect”) + tauta (“the people”).
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Gintautas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Gintautas has a diminutive in GINTAS. In Lithuanian usage, Gintautas has a related form in Gintoldas. In Lithuanian usage, Gintautas has a diminutive in Tautas.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Gintautas
- Gintautas PaluckasLithuanian politician (born 1979)
- Gintautas UmarasLithuanian racing cyclistborn 1963
- Gintautas MatulisLithuanian basketball player (born 1986)
- Gintautas MikolaitisLithuanian politicianborn 1959
- Gintautas BabravičiusLithuanian entrepreneur and politicianborn 1955
- Gintautas BartkusLithuanian politician, university teacher and lawyerborn 1966
- Gintautas PiešinaLithuanian chess player (1952-2014)
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