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Names like Vita, but for a boy.

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TyrannosaurusRights · 30/11/2021 22:54

I love the name Vita for a girl. Someone on a recent thread described it as

Has that ''glamorous and slightly scandalous doyenne of 1920s intellectual society set' vibe for me.

Which is a fantastic description.

But I’m having a boy - so help me find an equally fabulous name for him.

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ChooChooSan · 02/12/2021 22:34

Rex

Avarua · 02/12/2021 22:33

I know a Dashiell. He goes by Dash. An eminently cool name!

Avarua · 02/12/2021 22:32

Christopher NN Kit

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 02/12/2021 22:19

Dashiell was the first name that came to mind

meadowbleu · 02/12/2021 18:57

Lytton - a member of the Bloomsbury Group
Orlando - Vita's novel
Delos - a Greek island visited by Vita and her husband and the name of a garden they created back home

AvocadoAndToast · 02/12/2021 17:52

Valentino is a great name and has a raft of
NN possibilities.

Marcipex · 02/12/2021 17:48

Vidal

Time2Move · 02/12/2021 17:47

Hector

turkeyboots · 02/12/2021 17:45

DS has a Vitas in his class. Can't get closer than that to Vita.

AuntDympna · 02/12/2021 17:41

Nietzsche
Pablo
Vincent
Salvador
Oscar

RussianSpy101 · 02/12/2021 17:11

Zephan
Vitali
Tito

cherrypie66 · 02/12/2021 17:07

Connie

nancywhisky · 02/12/2021 16:53

Vincent - Vinnie

CallMeRisley · 02/12/2021 16:52

Tino

Geamhradh · 02/12/2021 16:49

The obvious one would, of course be Vito. A name in its own right (as a nickname for Vittorio the pronunciation is different with the stress firmly on the "o" as opposed to the "I"
It doesn't have a 1920s vibe though. It's just an old-fashioned name that hasn't come back into fashion. Any Italian Vito under 50 was named after their Grandad.
I teach 300 kids a week and don't have one.

Luredbyapomegranate · 01/12/2021 21:21

Victor
Vitus
Rafe
Guy
Beau
Lysander
Lorne
Joss
Hal (Harold or Henry)
Gus (Augustus)
Caspar
Cassian
Arnold

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 01/12/2021 15:18

Valentin

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 01/12/2021 15:12

Sol (Solomon)

SummerLew · 01/12/2021 14:12

Gil (Gilbert)
Herb (Herbert)
Edgar
Sully (Sullivan)
Cedric

foxgoosefinch · 01/12/2021 12:54

Cecil
Auberon
Ned
Bertie
Vivian
August/Augustus

Basically, for that 1920s/30s vibe, just open any copy of a Wodehouse book…

Also, there’s a boy in my DD’s class called Virgil. Great name!

CloudyStorms · 01/12/2021 12:51

Eric

Mifacagare · 01/12/2021 12:50

Italian males called Vittorio are often called Vito for short.

EvilShmeevil · 01/12/2021 12:49

Roy-Vita

TheDogsMother · 01/12/2021 12:47

I know a Vitali and always thought it was a nice name.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 01/12/2021 12:41

Rex