Vito
A Latin name meaning "life", carried in Poland through its Italian form. Still rare enough that most Poles have never met one, but the count of newborn boys has been climbing, six last year against long stretches of none.
Vito Pronunciation
What Vito means
Where Vito comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Vito begins in Latin. The root is vita, meaning life, and the Christian name Vitus grew from it. Saint Vitus was a young martyr venerated across medieval Europe, and his feast day falls on 15 June.
Italy is where the name settled into its short, firm shape. Mario Puzo handed it to Vito Corleone in The Godfather, published in 1969, and the 1972 film carried the name far past Sicily. For many readers that character is the first Vito they meet.
In a Polish register, among rows of Jakub and Antoni, Vito reads as plainly Italian. The name took no diminutives and no variants.
Its meaning is plain: life. The Latin vita sits inside it, unchanged, so the whole name says życie.
How many people are named Vito
1 in 152473 men in Poland is named Vito. 140 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2779 among male names.
Vito's popularity over time
6 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #901 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2016.
Where Vito is most popular
Vito is most popular in Greater Poland, 302% above the national average (4 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Łódź (+241%) and Silesian (+90%).
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Greater Poland4 boys born+302%
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Łódź2 boys born+241%
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Silesian2 boys born+90%
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Masovian2 boys born+22%
Vito as a middle name
Vito is a first name for 140 men in Poland and a middle name for another 46, a 75/25 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1142nd, between Vinicius (46) and Zdobysław (46).
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#1140 Vinh46
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#1141 Vinicius46
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#1142 Vito46
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#1143 Zdobysław46
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#1144 Andrey45