Vilius

given name · Latin script

Meaning: ---- — — — pig. Vilas, Vilis, Vilys (žr.)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/vʲɪlʲʊs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Vilius is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Norway.

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Lithuanian

---- — — — pig. Vilas, Vilis, Vilys (žr.). Dažniausiai trumpiniai iš Vilhelmo (žr. -- ' — : V K. Kuzavinis, B. Savukynas, 1971, p. 151). Kartais gali būti sutrumpintos lytys iš kokio nors sudurtinio lietuviško avd. —Viltauto, Vilmanto ar pan

Sources 1

  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Vilius counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Vilius is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spelling
NO Norway—572—
FI Finland—98—
DK Denmark—74—
SE Sweden—55—
ES Spain—29—

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Vilius is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Вилюс, Вілюс, Вилиус, Віліус, Vilyus

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Vilius is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Lithuanian, Pig. Vilas, Vilis, Vilys (Zr.). Dažniausiai trumpiniai iš Vilhelmo (žr. K. Kuzavinis, B. Savukynas, 1971, p. 151). Kartais gali būti sutrumpintos lytys iš kokio nors sudurtinio lietuviško avd. — Viltauto, Vilmanto ar pan.

    as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

  • In Latin, nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of vīlior

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Vilius Variakojis, b. 1912Vilius Šaduikis, b. 1940Vilius Navickas, b. 1959Vilius Šapoka, b. 1978Vilius Alesius, b. 1978Vilius Tarasovas, b. 1979Vilius Aleliūnas, b. 1987Vilius Tumalavicius, b. 1990Vilius Laurinaitis, b. 1992Vilius Armanavičius, b. 1995

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalSveiki Vilius,Hi Vilius, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Vilius
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—572#2,294
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—98#3,086
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—74#1,782
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—55#12,816
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202044—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201943—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201839—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201736—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201632—
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—29#43,371
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201529—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201425—

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Vilius?
A machine transcription gives /vʲɪlʲʊs/ (IPA) for Lithuanian.
What does the name Vilius mean?
Recorded meaning: ---- — — — pig. Vilas, Vilis, Vilys (žr.).
Is Vilius a male or female name?
Vilius is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Vilius have the most bearers?
Vilius is most frequently recorded in Norway.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vilius”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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