"Traditional name"
The name Vinicius is commonly a male name.
Vinicius continues the Latin family name Vinicius, borne by members of the Roman gens Vinicia, among them the consul Marcus Vinicius in the first century AD. It is an established given name in Portuguese-speaking countries, above all Brazil, where it is commonly written VinÃcius. The origin of the Latin family name itself is not settled, and the connection sometimes drawn to Latin vinum, wine, is a proposal rather than a documented derivation.
The pronunciation of Vinicius is vih-NEE-see-us.
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