Vitalii
Vitalii is a masculine given name of Ancient Roman origin. In ancient Rome, the name Vitalis was a nickname. There was also a related cognomen ''Vitalianus, which literally translates as "belonging to Vitalis". The female version of the name is Vitalina.
The name Vіtalіi came to the Kievan Rus' with the arrival of Christianity from Byzantium. According to V. A. Nikonov, in 1988 the name in the USSR was rare.
Male diminutives include Vitalik, Vitalenka, Vital, Vitalia, Vitasia, Vitulik, Talii, Talik, Talia; female: Vita, Vitalinka, Vitalia, Vitasia, Vitasha, Vitakha, Lina, Talina, Tal.''
People known as Vitalii
- Vitalii Bairak, Ukrainian Catholic priest and blessed hieromartyr of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Vitalii Demianiuk, Ukrainian engineer and philanthropist
- Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian man who lost his family in the Überlingen mid-air collision and murdered ATC controller Peter Nielsen
- Vitalii Klychko, Ukrainian boxer and politician
- Vitalii Masol, former Prime Minister of Ukraine
- Vitalii Mykolenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Vitaly Portnikov, Ukrainian editor and journalist
- Vitalii Sediuk, Ukrainian prankster and former media reporter
- Vitalina Koval, Ukrainian LGBTI human rights defender
Name-day
Christianity
- Catholic Church: January 9, February 14, April 2, April 21, April 28, 16 May, July 2, July 10, August 29, September 1, September 22, October 16, October 20, November 3, November 4.
- Orthodox Church: January 11, January 25, April 22, April 28,