Tautvydas is a two-stemmed pre-Christian Lithuanian name: taut='tauta'="land, nation, kindred, tribe" + vyd='vysti', vydėti, with the meaning "too see", as in "to understand". The name Vytautas is combined from the same stems. Notable people with the name include:
- Tautvydas Eliošius, Lithuanian professional footballer
- Tautvydas Lydeka, Lithuanian former professional basketball player
- Tautvydas Pipiras, Lithuanian basketball player
- Tautvydas Šležas, Lithuanian basketball TV analyst and assistant coach
- Tautvydas Strolia, Lithuanian cross-country skier
See also
References
- tauta, Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė
- vysti, Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė
- K. A. GIRVILAS, PRE-CHRISTIAN NAME GIVING IN LITHUANIA, Lituanus,Volume 24, No.3 - Fall 1978
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