Vital: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Vital – Meaning: of life, life-giving – Origin: Latin (Vitalis) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: vee-TAHL


Vital is a Latin (Vitalis) boy's name meaning “of life, life-giving”. It appears in our list of 175+ Portuguese Baby Boy Names From Lisbon to São Paulo.

Meaning & Origin of Vital

Meaning: Of life, life-giving.

Origin: Latin (Vitalis).

Source: Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Vital

Phonetic: vee-TAHL   IPA: /viːˈtɑːl/

Popularity of Vital

Vital doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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