Given name
Vitaliy
“one who gives life”
Vitaliy is a variant of Vito. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vitaliy is a variant of Vito. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives life.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vitaliy is a variant of Vito. An origin associated with Vito is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vitaliy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 428
- 428 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,775 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,775 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,770 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Vitalyequivalent
- Vitaliequivalent
- Vitalieequivalent
- Vitalisequivalent
- Witalisequivalent
- Віталійequivalent
- Виталийequivalent
- Vitalijequivalent
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People named Vitaliy
- Vitaliy PervakUkrainian association football playerborn 1970
- Vitaliy BorisovAzerbaijani footballerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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