Given name & surname
Vitor
Vitor is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Vitor isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vitor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 159
- 159 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 12 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,209 as a first name in 2020; 129 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.
Vitor’s family of names
Vitor has a related form in Victor. In Portuguese usage, Vitor has a conventional equivalent in the English form Victor. In Portuguese usage, Vitor has a related form in Vítor.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Vitor has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Vitor
- Vitor RoqueBrazilian association football playerborn 2005
- Vitor JúniorBrazilian association football playerborn 1986
- Vitor ReisBrazilian association football player (born 2006)
- Vitor BelfortBrazilian mixed martial artistborn 1977
- Vitor HugoBrazilian footballerborn 1991
- Vitor BuenoBrazilian association football playerborn 1994
- Vitor GabrielBrazilian association football playerborn 1997
- Vitor Hugo dos SantosBrazilian sprint athleteborn 1996
- Vítor SabaBrazilian footballerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.