Meaning and Origin
What does the name Via mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Florida, U.S., the name Via is of French origin and means "'way' or 'through'".
- A submission from the United Kingdom says the name Via means "Street, road, way" and is of Latin origin.
- According to a user from Philippines, the name Via is of Latin origin and means "By way, the way".
- A submission from Philippines says the name Via means "Elf".
Etymology: L. See Way
Etymology: L., ablative of via way. See Way
- A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
- (electronics) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of way. The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.
- A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
- (electronics) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
Borrowed from Latin viā, ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
via was also found in the following language(s): Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Fijian, Finnish, Franco-Provençal, French, Italian, Latin, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansch, and Swedish