Vita is a feminine given name derived from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

word meaning ''

life Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energ ...

''. In other instances it has been used as a diminutive of names such as Victoria or as a feminine form of the related masculine name

Vitus Vitus is a Latin given name meaning lively and may refer to: *Saint Vitus (c. 290 – c. 303), a Christian martyr *Vitus of Hungary (died 1297), beatified friar *Vitus (bicycles), a French bicycle manufacturer * ''Vitus'' (film), a 2006 Swiss film ...

and its masculine and feminine variants. It has been in general use since the 1800s.

Usage

The name was among the ten most popular names for newborn girls in

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

in 2021.

People

Given name

* Vita (rapper) (born 1976), stage name of American rapper *

Vita Anda Tērauda Vita Anda Tērauda (born 19 May 1962) is a Latvian politician elected to the 13th Saeima. Born in the United States, she worked as a radio journalist for Voice of America in Washington, D.C. from 1984 to 1988. Moving to Latvia after the reestabl ...

(born 1962), Latvian politician *

Vita Buivid Vita Buivid (born Victoria Buivid; born 1962) is a Ukrainian-born research-based contemporary artist and photographer living in Amsterdam. Buivid, started working with animation and painting, after graduation from the Dnepropetrovsk State Unive ...

(born 1962), Russian contemporary artist *

Vita Chambers Vita Chambers (born June 10, 1993) is a Barbadian-Canadian singer and songwriter. She is best known for her hit single "Like Boom" in 2010. Musical career and early life Chambers was born in Vancouver, Canada. She then moved to Barbados, wh ...

(born 1993), Barbadian-Canadian singer and songwriter *

Vita Gollancz Vita V. Gollancz (28 January 1926 – 8 October 2009) was a British painter, printmaker, illustrator and draughtsman. Life and work Born in 1926, Vita Gollancz was the fourth daughter of noted publisher Victor Gollancz, and his wife Ruth (née ...

(1926 – 2009), British painter *

Vita Heine Vita Heine (née Pētersone; born 21 November 1984) is a racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . Career Born in Riga in Latvia, Heine competed for Latvia in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. She obtaine ...

(born 1984), Norwegian racing cyclist *

Vita Kin Vita Kin ( uk, Віта Кін; born 25 November 1969) is a Ukrainian fashion designer. She is the founder of the Vita Kin brand. Biography Kin was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. She has worked in advertising and fashion photography since 2010. In 200 ...

(born 1969), Ukrainian fashion designer *

Vita Kuktienė Vita Kuktienė (born 6 August 1980) is a Lithuanian basketball small forward. She competed for Lithuania in all major European tournaments since 2001 and took part in the 2002 and 2006 world championships. References

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(born 1980), Lithuanian basketball player *

Vita Marissa Vita Marissa (born 4 January 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player. Career Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Rober ...

(born 1981), retired badminton player from Indonesia *

Vita Matīse Vita Matīse (born 9 November 1972 in Rīga) is a Latvian windsurfer, who specialized in Mistral One Design, Neil Pryde RS:X, and raceboarding classes. She represented Latvia in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has also pl ...

(born 1972), Latvian windsurfer *

Vita Mavrič Vita Mavrič is a Slovene chansonnier. Career Vita Mavrič started her career at the Ljubljana City Theatre in a 1987 musical, titled "In the Slovene Mountains" (originally in Serbo-Croatian "U slovenačkim gorama"). Based on the poetry of Sl ...

, Slovene singer *

Vita Nel Vitalina "Vita" Nel (born 11 December 1975) is a South African olympic beach volleyballer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), ...

(born 1975), South African beach volleyballer *

Vita Nikolaenko Vita Nikolaenko (born 4 September 1995) is a Belarusian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English foo ...

(born 1995), Belarusian footballer *

Vita Sackville-West Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH (née Sackville-West; 9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer. Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as wel ...

(1892–1962), English author and poet *

Vita Sidorkina Vitalina Sidorkina-Morabito (russian: Виталина «Вита» Сидоркина; born 20 March 1994) is a Russian model best known for walking in Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2015. Early life Vita Sidorkina was born and raised in Khabar ...

(born 1994), Russian model *

Vita Silchenko Vita Silchenko (born 19 February 1967) is a Belarusian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), official ...

(born 1967), Belarusian fencer *

Vita Zubchenko Vita Zubchenko (Ukrainian: Віта Зубченко, born 4 March 1989) is a Ukrainian group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also competed ...

(born 1989), Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast

Surname

Alessio Vita Alessio Vita (born 16 March 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Cittadella. Club career Early career A former Torino youth player, he represented the club's Primavera formation from 2010 to 2012. In 2012, he was sold to ...

(born 1993), Italian footballer *

Carol Vita Carol Vita is a Republican former New Hampshire state representative from the Strafford 3rd District. In 2011 she endorsed Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activ ...

, American politician *

Claudine Vita Claudine Vita (born 19 September 1996 in Frankfurt an der Oder) is a German athlete competing in the discus throw and shot put. She won a gold medal at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships, 2017 European U23 Championships. Personal lif ...

(born 1996), German athlete * Lucas Vita (born 1985), Brazilian water polo player

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