Vita - Meaning of Vita

What does Vita mean?

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[ 2 syll. vi-ta, vit-a ] The baby girl name Vita is pronounced as VIY-Taa- †.

1: Vita is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in English, German, and Scandinavian. It is derived literally from the word vita which is of the meaning 'life'. The name is a 19th-century invention. It was borne by the English writer Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), for whom Vita was a pet name of Victoria. Vita is the feminine equivalent of the Dutch and German Veit.

Vita has 19 forms that are used in English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Veeta, Veetta, Veta, Vete, Vidalia, Vitah, Vitalia, Vitaliana, Vitalina, Vitel, Vitella, Vitia, Vitka, Vitta, Vyta, and Vytta. Forms used in foreign languages include the Indian Veda, the Hungarian Vica, and the Slavic Vida.

2: Vita's language of origin is Germanic. It is derived from wit which means 'wide' ; witu 'wood, forest'. Vita is the feminine equivalent of the German Veit.

A form of the name is the Slavic Vida.

3: Vita is used predominantly in the Indian language and it is derived from Sanskrit origins. Meaning: wish, desire.

Vita is an English contracted form of the English, German, Romanian, and Spanish Victoria.

Vita is also an English familiar form of Virginia.

See also the related categories, wood (forest), life, desire (heart), sanskrit, indian, scandinavian, and german.

Vita is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1929, 0.007% of baby girls were given the name Vita. It was #795 in rank then. The baby name has seen a loss in popularity since then, and is currently of infrequent use. In 2018, within the family of girl names directly linked to Vita, Victoria was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Vita include Vada, Vati, Veata, Veda, Vedad, Vedee, Vedet, Vedete, Vedett, Vedette, Vedey, Vedi, Vedie, Vete, Vibuti, Vida, Vidi, Vidya, Viet, and Viti.

† English pronunciation for Vita: V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

A famous person named Vita is Vita Sackville-West, Author, born Victoria Mary Sackville-West 9 March 1892 - 2 June 1962, Knole House, Kent, England.