Vitus

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A male given name from Latin.
  • lake Alaska (state).

Origin

  • Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". By folk etymology associated with Latin vita.
  • Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy.

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