Vytautas (given name)
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Name day | 5 January[1] |
| Other gender | |
| Feminine | Vytautė[2] |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Lithuania |
| Other names | |
| Nicknames | Vitas, Vytas, Vytis, Tautas, Tautis, Taučius |
Vytautas is a pre-Christian Lithuanian given name derived from East Baltic roots vyti/vyd "chase, pursuer; to see" and tauta "land; country," first attested from Vytautas the Great.[3] This name has become a popular Lithuanian masculine given name.[4]
In Slavic languages, its Polish form is Witold, which later on was rendered as Vitold in Belarusian, Vitoldas in Lithuanian (re-assimilated), and Vitol'd in Russian.
Other forms became Vytaut (Belarusian), Witowt (Polish) and Vitovt (Russian).
