Given name & surname
Vid
“one who gives life”
Vid is a form of Vito. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hungarian use, Vid carries the interpretation “one who gives life.” Vid is a form of Vito. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives life.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hungarian.
How it developed
Vid is used as a form of Vito.
Vid’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Vid has a conventional equivalent in the French form Guy. Vid is a form of Vito. Vid has a related form in Vidal.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vid has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hungarian roots to each of them.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Vid
- Vid BelecSlovenian association football player (born 1990)
- Vid KavtičnikSlovenian Olympic handball playerborn 1984
- Vid VrhovnikSlovenian Nordic combined skierborn 1999
- Vid PotekoSlovenian handball playerborn 1991
- Vid PečjakSlovenian psychologist (1929-2016)
- Vid Cenciccyclist (1933-2020)
- Vid HidvégiHungarian artistic gymnastborn 1986
- Vid Vuletić Vukasovićwriter and historian (1853-1933)
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