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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Breton : Lively

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • English, French, and Italian (Venetia) : from a personal name derived from the Latin personal name Vitalis (see Vitale). The name became common in England after the Norman Conquest both in its learned form Vitalis and in the northern French form Viel.

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