Vitalii
Around 39,000 men in Poland carry it, almost all of Ukrainian background, yet hardly any newborn boys are given it now. From the Latin vita, life: the name means "of life".
Vitalii Pronunciation
What Vitalii means
Where Vitalii comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Vitalii grows from Latin, from vita, meaning life, and from vitalis, "of life." Roman families gave the name Vitalis to a child, and early Christians carried it forward. Saint Vitalis of Milan, an early martyr venerated since antiquity, fixed the name in the church calendar, and his feast still falls in late April.
Among Ukrainians the name settled comfortably, and it kept its old sense: of life, vital. In Polish records the same root appears as Witalij, the variant a reader is most likely to meet. The root is old.
Picture the moment a teacher reads Witalij aloud from a class register. The name announces its meaning before anyone explains it.
Its short meaning, życiowy, zdolny do życia, stays close to the Latin root rather than drifting into metaphor. A boy named Vitalii answers to something plain: life, and the fitness for it. The form Witalij holds the same meaning in Polish spelling.
How many people are named Vitalii
1 in 542 men in Poland is named Vitalii. 39,401 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #214 among male names.
Vitalii's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Vitalii is most popular
Vitalii is most popular in Lower Silesian, 588% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+588%
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Masovian2 boys born+205%
Vitalii as a middle name
Vitalii is a first name for 39,401 men in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3709th, between Villamor (8) and Vitalij (8).
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#3707 Vidar8
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#3708 Villamor8
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#3709 Vitalii8
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#3710 Vitalij8
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#3711 Vũ8