Given name · also Old Polish

Vitoldus

“wood”

Vitoldus is a masculine given name from Old Polish, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in Latin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Vitoldus goes back to Old High German witu, meaning “wood.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Vitoldus comes from Old Polish, and ultimately from Old High German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Latin usage, Vitoldus developed from VYTAUTAS.

Vitoldus’s family of names

In Latin usage, Vitoldus developed from the Lithuanian form VYTAUTAS. In Latin usage, Vitoldus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Witold. In Latin usage, Vitoldus has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Витольд.

Walk Vitoldus’s family in the name graph

VitoldusVytautasWitoldVitoldВитольдWitołd

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Vitoldus has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old High German roots to each of them.

Old High German

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Across languages 5

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Old High German

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Vitoldus’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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