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

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

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

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