# Vitus

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #72,880

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Latin.
2. A lake in Alaska.

## Etymology
Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". Also associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vitus