Given name & surname
Vinicius
“man of the vine; wine”
Vinicius is a variant of Vinicio. One Italian interpretation is “man of the vine; wine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vinicius is a variant of Vinicio. One Italian interpretation is “man of the vine; wine.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vinicius is a variant of Vinicio. An origin associated with Vinicio is Italian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō, built from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- + *-ō.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vinicius through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 400
- 400 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,113 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +40%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,113 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,546 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vinicius’s family of names
In French usage, Vinicius has a diminutive in VINI. Vinicius has a related form in Vinicio. In Portuguese usage, Vinicius has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Vinicio.
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Around the world
Vinicius has relatives in 5 languages.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vinicius
- Vinicius de MoraesBrazilian composer, singer, writer (1913–1980)
- Vinícius SouzaBrazilian footballerborn 1999
- Vinícius MatheusBrazilian association football playerborn 1994
- ViniciusBrazilian futsal playerborn 1977
- Vinícius RangelBrazilian cyclistborn 2001
- Vinícius BergantinBrazilian footballerborn 1980
- Vinícius Silvestreassociation football playerborn 1994
- Viníciusfootballerborn 1986
- Vinicius BalieiroBrazilian footballerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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