vita or vitti | Imamother

gigi

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 10:12 am

has anyone ever heard of the name Vitti? or could it be Vita?
and what does it mean?

BennysMommy

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 10:33 am

Vita means life in Italian.

Ruchel

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 10:38 am

vitti: pet form of Vita
Vita is a Judeo-Spanish/Judeo-Italian name that got integrated into Yiddish too... used just like Chaya, often in combo like Chaya Vita, by the way.

BennysMommy

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 10:39 am

Ruchel wrote:

vitti: pet form of Vita
Vita is a Judeo-Spanish/Judeo-Italian name that got integrated into Yiddish too... used just like Chaya, often in combo like Chaya Vita, by the way.

In spanish it would be Vida. Do ppl use that as well?

Ruchel

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 10:48 am

Vida, yup, it was very common in Greece for example. In Yiddish I don't know...

greenfire

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 10:52 am

is it a herring ?!?!?! shock

mazel tov

Ruchel

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 10:57 am

vita:

http://data.jewishgen.org/wcon.....A~GT~!1!!2!!3!~0~USRECORD1478

copy and paste if the link is broken

Vida seems not used in Yiddish, but apparently male form Vidal yes
http://data.jewishgen.org/wcon.....A~GT~!1!!2!!3!~0~USRECORD509

Clarissa

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 11:15 am

When I think of Vita, I think of it as upper-crust English, because of Vita Sackville-West.

Ruchel, I couldn't get those links to work.

amother

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 11:23 am

My son is sometimes called Vity as a nickname for Dovid. He is also known at school as Dovidy. He likes it and tells people it's his name. As a side note,he thinks his full name is Dovidy Moshe and I eat kosher S__.

(Amother because I don't think this is common and people may know who I am)

Ruchel

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 11:27 am

is it better? http://tinyurl.com/2783z7
it's weird because they work for me...

Ruchel

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 11:35 am

ah good
the other one http://tinyurl.com/yomot9

ny21

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 11:40 am

thnaks for the link Ruchel .

gryp

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 12:08 pm

Vitta can also be Vittya, Vittush, Vittsha, Vittul, and Vittil.

LOL

Esther23

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 10:32 pm

I know two people named Vita but they're called Vitty. I think it's a cute original name.

Squash

Thu, Dec 20 2007, 11:23 pm

I have an aunt and cousins vitya, but for some reason they're called vicky (lots of them r in israel).

misteray

Mon, Mar 19 2012, 8:16 pm

I know this is a majorly old thread, and maybe I should just start a new one, but does anyone know if Vitzu (pronounced Vitzoo) would be the same kind of name? I am trying to find out the source of the name of a long long deceased relative and nobody knows...
And if she was called Vitzu does that mean it was her name or a nickname to Chava or s/t?
Thank you!