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Perhaps the Italian spelling of the same name, Vitale? I expect anglos to be a bit more used to it than to general Slavic names, specially since romanisation adds another layer of complexity. This should stop them from butchering the first vowel, at least.
Keep in mind that no matter the spelling, English speakers are prone to reduce some unstressed vowels until they're unrecognisable, or to "stress" them randomly; it's a restriction of the language itself, not the spelling. I kind of predict that they'll do it with the last vowel of your name no matter the spelling.
Another approach would be to find some similar-sounding local name that you like, I know a few Armenian speakers who did this here in the Southern Cone - for the same reasons as yours, people got a hard time pronouncing their names.
Any way, there's no "single" answer for that, but I hope that you find one that works for you.
No, I don't want people to think I'm Italian, but i love Italian language and culture. And i don't want to change my name completely, maybe i will go with Vito or V+Italy
Thank you for the reply