Vinicius
Vinícius is a Portuguese masculine given name and surname from the Roman family name Vinicius, possibly derived from Latin vinum "wine". Notable people with the name include:
Given name
[edit]- Vinícius (footballer, born 1973), full name Vinícius de Abreu, Brazilian football forward
- Vinícius (footballer, born 1985), full name Vinícius Barrivieira, Brazilian football goalkeeper
- Vinícius Bergantin (born 1980), Brazilian footballer known as Vinícius
- Vinicius Cantuária (born 1951), Brazilian musician
- Vinícius (footballer, born 1977), full name Vinícius Conceição da Silva, Brazilian football centre-back
- Yoñlu (1989 – 2006), real name Vinícius Gageiro Marques, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- Vinicius (footballer, born 1998), full name Vinicius Geovane Damasceno de Paula, Brazilian footballer
- Vinícius (Portuguese footballer) (born 1995), real name José Pedro Ferradeira dos Santos, Portuguese footballer
- Vinícius (footballer, born September 1983), full name Vinícius Ferreira Orlando, Brazilian football centre-back
- Vinícius (footballer, born December 1988), full name Vinícius Ferreira de Souza, Brazilian football attacking midfielder
- Vinicius (footballer, born 1989), full name Vinicius Galvão Leal, Brazilian football striker
- Vinícius Garcia (born 1997), Brazilian football midfielder
- Vinícius Goes, (born 1991), Brazilian footballer known as Vinicius
- Vinícius Jaú (born 1998), Brazilian football forward
- Vinícius Júnior (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
- Vinícius (footballer, born 1964), full name Vinícius Lopes Righi, Brazilian footballer
- Vinicius de Moraes (1913 – 1980), Brazilian musician, poet, composer, playwright and diplomat
- Vinícius (footballer, born 1982), full name Carlos Vinicius Neves da Silva, Brazilian football defender
- Vinícius (footballer, born January 1988), full name Vinícius Alberto Nunes, Brazilian football left-back
- Vinícius (footballer, born 1986), full name Vinícius Oliveira Franco, Brazilian footballer
- Vinícius (footballer, born 1993), full name Vinícius Santos Silva, Brazilian football winger
- Vinícius da Silva (born 1982), Brazilian football right-back
- Vinícius (footballer, born June 1983), full name Vinícius Rodrigues Tomaz da Silva Almeida, Brazilian football midfielder
- Vinicius (footballer, born 26 January 1995), full name Luis Vinicius da Silva Matos, Brazilian football defender
Surname
[edit]- Carlos Vinícius (born 1995), Brazilian footballer known as Vinicius
- Lucius Vinicius (consul 33 BC), Roman consul
- Lucius Vinicius (consul 5 BC), Roman consul and son of the earlier consul of the same name
- Marcus Vinicius (consul 19 BC), Roman consul and general and friend of the emperor Augustus
- Marcus Vinicius (consul 30), (c. 5 BC – AD 46) Roman consul in 30 AD and husband of Julia Livilla
- Paulo Vinícius (footballer, born 1990), Hungarian footballer
- Publius Vinicius, Roman consul in 2 AD
Fictional characters
[edit]- Vinicius, the mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics, named after Vinicius de Moraes
- Marcus Vinicius, main character in Quo Vadis, an 1896 Polish novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, and the fictional son of the Marcus Vinicius in 30 AD
See also
[edit]- Vinicius (album), a recording by Vinicius Cantuária
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