Vitalie
From the Latin for "full of life". Around 750 men in Poland carry it and no boys have been given it in recent years, so most Poles will go a lifetime without meeting one.
Vitalie Pronunciation
What Vitalie means
Where Vitalie comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Vitalie begins in Latin, in the noun vita, life, and in the adjective vitalis, of or belonging to life. The English word vital comes from the same root, which is why the two sit so close. So the sense is direct: of life, full of life. The meaning hides nothing.
Long before the name reached its present spelling, the Latin form Vitalis belonged to an early Christian martyr, Saint Vitalis of Milan, whose feast falls on the twenty-eighth of April. A name built on vita sat easily among the faithful, since it spoke of living rather than of any single virtue. That may be why it travelled so far across Latin Europe.
Picture a teacher reading it from a class register and pausing at the ending. The name is short, and it lands cleanly. What it hands its bearer is a plain claim from Latin: żywy, pełen życia, of life, full of life.
How many people are named Vitalie
1 in 28198 men in Poland is named Vitalie. 757 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1080 among male names.