Given name & surname
Vicente
Vicente is used as a given name and a surname. Vicente is connected with Vincent.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Spanish use, Vicente 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 Spanish use, Vicente is used as a form of Vincent.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Spanish use, Vicente 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Vicente through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21,951
- 21,951 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 498 babies
- 2025
- 498
- #589 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +29%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 498 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 589 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 28.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (141). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 32,867 as a first name in 2020; 12,041 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vicente’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Vicente has a diminutive in Bintoy. Vicente shares a linguistic root with Vincent. In Spanish usage, Vicente was borrowed from the Latin form Vincentius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vicente has relatives in 10 languages.
16 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Vincentvariant · English, French
- Intoydiminutive · ceb
- Intingdiminutive · ceb
- Bintoydiminutive · ceb
- Vicendiminutive · Spanish
- Vicensvariant · English
- Chentediminutive · Spanish
- Entengdiminutive · Tagalog
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vicente
- Vicente AleixandreSpanish poet (1898–1984)
- Vicente Fox62th president of Mexicoborn 1942
- Vicente del BosqueSpanish footballer and manager (born 1950)
- Vicente Blasco IbáñezSpanish author (1867-1928)
- Vicente Guerreroleading revolutionary generals of the War of Independence and President of Mexico (1782-1831)
- Vicente GuaitaSpanish association football playerborn 1987
- Vicente IborraSpanish association football playerborn 1988
- Vicente Yáñez PinzónSpanish navigator, explorer1462–1600
- Vicente RodríguezSpanish footballerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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