Veit

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Usage：German

Meaning & History：

German form of VITUS or WIDO.

VITUS male Ancient Roman

Roman name which was derived from Latin vita "life". Saint Vitus was a child martyred in Sicily in the early 4th century. From an early date this name was confused with the Germanic name Wido.

WIDO male Ancient Germanic

Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element witu "wood" or wit "wide". From early times this name has been confused with the Latin name Vitus.

Names related to Veit：

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Wido

ANCIENT ROMAN: Vitus

CROATIAN: Vid

CZECH: Vít

ENGLISH: Guy

FRENCH: Guy

FRISIAN: Wide

GERMAN: Guido

HUNGARIAN: Vid, Vida

ITALIAN: Guido, Vito

LITHUANIAN: Gvidas

POLISH: Wit

SLOVAK: Vít

SLOVENE: Vid

SPANISH: Vito

FEMININE FORMS

ANCIENT ROMAN: Vita

DANISH: Vita

ITALIAN: Vita

LATVIAN: Vita

LITHUANIAN: Vita

SLOVENE: Vida