Vinícius is a Portuguese masculine given name and surname from the

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family name ''Vinicius'', meaning "victorious" derived from the latin 'vinco'. The name is possibly also derived from

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''vinum'' "

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". Notable people with the name include:

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Vinícius (footballer, born 1973) Vinícius de Abreu (born 20 December 1973), simply known as Vinícius, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Vinícius played for several clubs throughout Brazil. Played ...

, full name Vinícius de Abreu, Brazilian football forward *

Vinícius (footballer, born 1985) Vinícius Barrivieira (born July 19, 1985 in Marechal Cândido Rondon- SP), or simply Vinícius, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Mixto. Career Vinícius is a product of Atlético Paranaense's youth system. He made his ...

, full name Vinícius Barrivieira, Brazilian football goalkeeper *

Vinícius Bergantin Vinícius Bergantin (born 31 July 1980) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Ferroviária. A central defender, Bergantin began his career with Ituano, but spent most of his playing care ...

(born 1980), Brazilian footballer known as Vinícius *

Vinicius Cantuária Vinicius Cantuária (born April 29, 1951) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, drummer, and percussionist. He is associated with bossa nova and Brazilian jazz. Born in the Amazonian city of Manaus, Cantuária grew up in Rio de Janeiro ...

(born 1951), Brazilian musician *

Vinícius (footballer, born 1977) Vinícius Conceição da Silva (born March 7, 1977, in Porto Alegre), or simply Vinícius, is a Brazilian central defender. He currently plays for Caxias do Sul. Honours *Campeonato Gaúcho in 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005 with Internacional *Primeir ...

, full name Vinícius Conceição da Silva, Brazilian football centre-back *

Yoñlu Vinícius Gageiro Marques (September 1, 1989 – July 26, 2006), better known by his internet alias Yoñlu, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter noted for the posthumous release of his work after his suicide at the age of sixteen. Biography Ear ...

(1989 – 2006), real name Vinícius Gageiro Marques, Brazilian singer-songwriter * Vinicius (footballer, born 1998), full name Vinicius Geovane Damasceno de Paula, Brazilian footballer *

Vinícius (Portuguese footballer) José Pedro Ferradeira dos Santos (born 24 January 1995) known as Vinícius, is a Portuguese footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are ass ...

(born 1995), real name José Pedro Ferradeira dos Santos, Portuguese footballer *

Vinícius (footballer, born September 1983) Vinícius Ferreira Orlando or simply Vinícius (born September 15, 1983) is a Brazilian central defender. Honours *Santa Catarina State League: 2003, 2004, 2006 Contract *1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008 External links sambafoot* zerozero. ...

, full name Vinícius Ferreira Orlando, Brazilian football centre-back *

Vinícius (footballer, born December 1988) Vinícius Ferreira de Souza (born 2 December 1988) is a Brazilian footballer and former football player who plays for Indian club Delhi Dynamos as an attacking midfielder. Career Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Vinícius moved to Fortaleza, Cear ...

, full name Vinícius Ferreira de Souza, Brazilian football attacking midfielder *

Vinicius (footballer, born 1989) Vinicius Galvão Leal (born August 12, 1989, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer currently under contract for Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It i ...

, full name Vinicius Galvão Leal, Brazilian football striker * Vinícius Garcia (born 1997), Brazilian football midfielder *

Vinícius Goes Vinícius Goes Barbosa de Souza (born 15 April 1991), known as Vinícius or just Vina, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Al-Jubail. Club career Paraná Born in Curitiba, Paraná, Vina graduated with Paraná ...

, (born 1991), Brazilian footballer known as Vinicius *

Vinícius Jaú Vinícius de Lima Ferreira (born 3 April 1998), also known as Vinícius Jaú, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Xv de Jaú, on loan from Avaí. Career Born in Jaú, São Paulo, Vinícius made his professional ...

(born 1998), Brazilian football forward *

Vinícius Júnior Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior (; born 12 July 2000), commonly known as Vinícius Júnior or Vini Jr., is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for La Liga ...

(born 2000), Brazilian footballer *

Vinícius (footballer, born 1964) Vinícius Lopes Righi, known as Vinícius (born 29 February 1964) is a former Brazilian football player. He played 7 seasons and 155 games, scoring 40 goals in the Primeira Liga, mostly for Braga and also for Tirsense. Club career He made his ...

, full name Vinícius Lopes Righi, Brazilian footballer *

Vinicius de Moraes Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed "O Poetinha" ("The Little Poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwrig ...

(1913 – 1980), Brazilian musician, poet, composer, playwright and diplomat *

Vinícius (footballer, born 1982) Carlos Vinicius Neves da Silva (born 10 August 1982), better known as just Vinicius or Vini, is a Brazilian footballer, who plays for Artsul. Career In August 2003, he was signed by Dijon FCO in Championnat National The Championnat Nationa ...

, full name Carlos Vinicius Neves da Silva, Brazilian football defender *

Vinícius (footballer, born January 1988) Vinícius Alberto Nunes or simply Vinícius (born January 7, 1988, in Capivari), is a Brazilian player at the positions of left back and midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association footba ...

, full name Vinícius Alberto Nunes, Brazilian football left-back *

Vinícius (footballer, born 1986) Vinícius Oliveira Franco, or simply Vinícius (born May 16, 1986) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Nea Salamina Famagusta FC, Nea Salamina in the Cypriot First Division as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder. Career Por ...

, full name Vinícius Oliveira Franco, Brazilian footballer *

Vinícius (footballer, born 1993) Vinícius Santos Silva (born 3 August 1993), known as Vinícius, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Goiás.Vinícius da Silva Vinícius da Silva Salles (born 30 October 1982), commonly known as Vinícius da Silva, is a Brazilian footballer. Club career Brazil Vinícius began his professional career in 1998 in Brazil with São Paulo-based Comercial Futebol Clube. ...

(born 1982), Brazilian football right-back *

Vinícius (footballer, born June 1983) Vinícius Rodrigues Tomaz da Silva Almeida (born 26 June 1983) is a Brazilian former footballer. Biography Born in Dias d'Ávila, Bahia, Vinícius started his career with Vitória, located in Salvador, the state capital. In September 2005, ...

, full name Vinícius Rodrigues Tomaz da Silva Almeida, Brazilian football midfielder *

Vinicius (footballer, born 26 January 1995) Luis Vinicius da Silva Matos (born January 26, 1995) is a Brazilian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualif ...

, full name Luis Vinicius da Silva Matos, Brazilian football defender

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Carlos Vinícius Carlos Vinícius Alves Morais (born 25 March 1995) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Fulham. He will become a free agent on 1 July 2025. With Benfica, Vinícius was awarded the Bola de Prata for his 18 ...

(born 1995), Brazilian footballer known as Vinicius *

Lucius Vinicius (consul 33 BC) Lucius Vinicius (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman politician. A supporter of Julius Caesar, he was tribune of the plebs in 51 BC and suffect consul in 33 BC. Biography Vinicius was a '' Novus homo'' whose family originated at Cales in Campania ...

, Roman consul *

Lucius Vinicius (consul 5 BC) Lucius Vinicius (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman Senator who was appointed suffect consul in 5 BC. Vinicius was the son of Lucius Vinicius, who was suffect consul in 33 BC. A noted advocate with a brilliant speaking voice, he was appointed to t ...

, Roman consul and son of the earlier consul of the same name *

Marcus Vinicius (consul 19 BC) Marcus Vinicius (also spelled Vinucius) was a Roman Empire, Roman Roman senate, senator and general, who held a number of posts in the service of the first Roman emperor, Augustus. Vinicius was suffect consul in the latter part of 19 BC with Quin ...

, Roman consul and general and friend of the emperor Augustus *

Marcus Vinicius (consul 30) Marcus Vinicius (c. 5 BC – AD 46) was twice Roman consul and, as husband of Julia Livilla, grandson-in-law (''progener'') of the emperor Tiberius. He was the son and grandson of two consuls, Publius Vinicius (consul 2 AD) and Marcus Vinicius ( ...

, (c. 5 BC – AD 46) Roman consul in 30 AD and husband of

Julia Livilla Julia Livilla ( – ) was the youngest child of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder and the youngest sister of the Emperor Caligula. Life Julia Livilla was the youngest great-granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, great-niece and adoptive grandda ...

* Paulo Vinícius (footballer, born 1990), Hungarian footballer *

Publius Vinicius Publius Vinicius was a Roman senator active during the reigns of Emperors Augustus and Tiberius. He was the son of Marcus Vinicius, consul in 19 BC. Vinicius was ordinary consul in AD 2 with Publius Alfenus Varus, and was an imperial legate for ...

, Roman consul in 2 AD

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Vinicius Vinícius is a Portuguese masculine given name and surname from the Roman family name ''Vinicius'', meaning "victorious" derived from the latin 'vinco'. The name is possibly also derived from Latin ''vinum'' "wine". Notable people with the name in ...

, the mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics, named after Vinicius de Moraes *Marcus Vinicius, main character in ''

Quo Vadis ''Quo vadis?'' (, ) is a Latin phrase meaning "Where are you going?". It is commonly translated, quoting the KJV translation of John 13:36, as "Whither goest thou?" The phrase originates from the Christian tradition regarding Saint Peter's fi ...

'', an 1896 Polish novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, and the fictional son of the Marcus Vinicius in 30 AD

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