Given name & surname
Vitas
“one who gives life”
Vitas is a variant of Vito. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vitas is a variant of Vito. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives life.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vitas 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 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vitas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 108 as a first name in 2020; 183 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.
Vitas’s family of names
Vitas has a related form in Vito. In Greek usage, Vitas as a surname is a transliteration of Βήτας. In Greek usage, Vitas as a surname is a transliteration of Βητάς.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Vitas
- Vitas GerulaitisAmerican tennis player (1954–1994)
- Vitas VasiliauskasLithuanian jurist, university teacher and IMF directorborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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