Given name & surname
Vita
“life”
In Latin use, Vita carries the interpretation “life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Vita carries the interpretation “life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Vita is used as a feminine counterpart of Vitus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,591
- 0 boys · 4,591 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 84 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #4,454 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +37%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,454 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 84 in 1921. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,856 as a first name in 2020; 1,613 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vita’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Vita is a short form of VITALIJA. In Lithuanian usage, Vita is a feminine form of Vitus. Vita has a related form in Vitalina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vita has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Vitalinavariant
- Veetavariant
- Vitalianavariant
- Vitkavariant
- Vitellavariant
- Vitiavariant
- Vyttavariant
- Vytavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vita
- Vita Sackville-WestEnglish writer, poet, and gardener (1892–1962)
- Vita SemerenkoUkrainian biathleteborn 1986
- Vita PalamarUkrainian high jumperborn 1977
- Vita PavlyshUkrainian shot putterborn 1969
- Vita MarissaIndonesian badminton playerborn 1981
- Vita HeineLatvian-Norwegian cyclistborn 1984
- Vita AndersenDanish author (1942-2021)
- Vita YakymchukUkrainian cross-country skierborn 1980
- Vita AkimovaRussian volleyball playerborn 2002
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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