Vytautas (given name)

Vytautas
GenderMale
LanguageLithuanian
Name day5 January
Other gender
FeminineVytautė
Origin
Region of originLithuania
Other names
NicknamesVitas, Vytas, Vytis, Tautas, Tautis, Taučius

Vytautas is a pre-Christian Lithuanian given name derived from East Baltic roots vyti/vyd "chase, pursuer; to see" and tauta "land; country," first attested from Vytautas the Great. This name has become a popular Lithuanian masculine given name.

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