Tautvydas

{{Short description|Lithuanian male given name}}

Tautvydas is a two-stemmed pre-Christian Lithuanian name: taut='tauta'="land, nation, kindred, tribe"[https://etimologija.baltnexus.lt/?w=tauta tauta], Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė + vyd='vysti', vydėti, with the meaning "too see", as in "to understand".[https://etimologija.baltnexus.lt/?w=vysti vysti], Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė The name Vytautas is combined from the same stems.K. A. GIRVILAS, [http://www.old.lituanus.org/1978/78_3_02.htm PRE-CHRISTIAN NAME GIVING IN LITHUANIA], Lituanus,Volume 24, No.3 - Fall 1978 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