Given name & surname
Vicenç
Vicenç is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Catalan.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Catalan use, Vicenç shares an earlier linguistic root with Vincent. Vincent has been associated with Old French and Latin naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Catalan usage, Vicenç developed from Vincentius.
The story
In Catalan use, Vicenç shares an earlier linguistic root with Vincent. The history of Vincent gives this family its wider story. Vincent’s historical associations include various early saints particularly associated with France, most notably the 5th-century St Vincent of Lérins.
Explained through its name family
Vicenç’s family of names
Vicenç shares a linguistic root with Vincent. In Catalan usage, Vicenç has a related form in VICENS. Vicenç is a form of Vincent.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vicenç has relatives in 6 languages.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Vicenç
- Vicenç PagèsCatalan writer, professor and literary critic1963–2022
- Tete MontoliuSpanish jazz musician and pianist (1933–1997)
- Vicente Ferrer MonchoIndian-Spanish philanthropist (1920-2009)
- Vicente Reynésroad bicycle racerborn 1981
- Vicenç CapdevilaSpanish politician1936–2020
- Vicenç VilarrublaSpanish cross-country skierborn 1981
- Vicenç NavarroSpanish sociologistborn 1937
- Vicenç Albert BallesterSpanish merchant sailor (1872-1938)
- Vicenç Mateu ZamoraAndorran diplomatborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Vicenç, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.