Vinicius is a boy's name of Portuguese origin meaning “victorious.” In 2024 it was given to 15 boys in the United States.
Vinicius at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Portuguese
Meaning
“victorious”
About the name Vinicius
Vinicius belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “victorious” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Vinicius first appears in Social Security records in 1992. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3971 in 2003, and in 2024 15 babies received the name — 385 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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