Vitomir ( pl, Witomir, sr, Витомир) is an old
given name of Slavic origin.
The word is derived from two
Proto-Slavic elements: ''vito'' which means "to rule" and ''mir'' which means "peace, world, prestige". The ''vit'' is also found in the name of the Slavic deity
Svetovit.
Feminine forms include Vitomira and Witomira. Nicknames include
Vito
Vito is an Italian name that is derived from the Latin word "''vita''", meaning "life".
It is a modern form of the Latin name Vitus, meaning "life-giver," as in San Vito or Saint Vitus, the patron saint of dogs and a heroic figure in southern ...
,
Miro,
Mirek, and
Vitek.
Notable people with the name include:
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Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski, Polish pilot and writer
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Vito Dimitrijević, Yugoslavian footballer
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Vitomir Lukić, Bosnian-Croat prose writer and pedagogue
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Vitomir "''Vito''" Nikolić, Montenegrin poet and journalist
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Vitomir Vutov, Bulgarian football goalkeeper
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Vitomir Prodanov – ''Patriarch Vikentije'', the fourth Partriach of the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church
See also
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Slavic names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.
The main types of Slavic names:
* Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ...
External links
* http://www.behindthename.com/name/vitomir
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