Given name & surname · also Old French
Vincent
“conquering”·“one who prevails; the conquerer”
Vincent is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “conquering” (Old French and Latin) and “one who prevails; the conquerer” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original LatinVincentius
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “conquering” (Old French and Latin) and “one who prevails; the conquerer” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Old French and Latin naming traditions.
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Vincent developed from Vincentius.
The story
The name’s historical associations include various early saints particularly associated with France, most notably the 5th-century St Vincent of Lérins.
Vincent through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 364,716
- 363,296 boys · 1,420 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 6,186 babies
- 2025
- 3,272
- #107 for boys · #17,117 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 3,267 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 107 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6,159 in 1962. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (405). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 237,080 as a first name in 2020; 51,329 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.
Vincent’s family of names
In English usage, Vincent has a diminutive in Vince. Vincent shares a linguistic root with Vicente. In English usage, Vincent has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Vincenzo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vincent has relatives in 32 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Vincent comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 32
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Vicentevariant · English, Spanish
- Vincenzovariant · Italian
- Vinceshort form · English, Hungarian
- Vinnydiminutive · English
- Vincentevariant
- Vinniediminutive · English
- Vinshort form · English
- Vicenzovariant
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- Vincenziovariant
- Vinncentlikely variant
- Vincenttlikely variant
- Vincenntlikely variant
- Binsoydiminutive · ceb
- Bentotdiminutive · ceb
- Bipoydiminutive · ceb
- Intoydiminutive · ceb
- Bintoydiminutive · ceb
- Vincenzvariant · German
- Vinkovariant · German, Slovene
- Vincentasvariant · Lithuanian
- Vincencvariant · Czech, Slovene
- Vikentivariant
- Vinzenzvariant · German
- Vinicentvariant
- Vincienvariant
- Vincentyvariant
- Vincentsvariant · Latvian
- Vincentiusvariant · Latin
- Vincensvariant
- Vicenziovariant
- Vinc(en)ekpet form
- Vincapet form
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- BenceHungarian
- Vincentiafeminine form
- Vinzentequivalent
- VicentCatalan
- Vikentijusequivalent
- Bizenteequivalent
- Bikendiequivalent
- Bingenequivalent
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- Vinçantequivalent
- ВикентийRussian
- Vicenzucognate · Sicilian
- Վենսանborrowing · Armenian
- Vinh Sơncognate · Vietnamese
- Wincentycognate · Polish
- Vensanderivative · Haitian Creole
- Uinseannborrowing · Irish
- Vicençcognate · Catalan
- VincasLithuanian
- ΒικέντιοςGreek, Ancient Greek
- ՎիգենArmenian
- VincençOccitan
- ВiнсентUkrainian
- VincențiuRomanian
- MandresyMalagasy
- ヴァンサンJapanese
- ヴィンセントJapanese
- ビンセントJapanese
- VincentoEsperanto
- 文森Chinese
- VisantBreton
- BixenteBasque
- ՎիքէնArmenian
- فينسنتArabic
- منصورArabic
- Vi(n)cenzocognate
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Vincent
- Vincent van GoghDutch painter (1853–1890)
- Alice CooperAmerican singer (born 1948)
- Vincent KompanyBelgian association football player and managerborn 1986
- Vincent PriceAmerican actor (1911–1993)
- Vincent de PaulFrench priest, founder and saint (1581-1660)
- Vincent Auriol16th President of the French Republic (1884–1966)
- Vince VaughnAmerican actor (born 1970)
- Vincent CasselFrench actor (born 1966)
- Vincent du VigneaudAmerican biochemist (1901–1978)
Characters named Vincent: Vincent Corleone (The Godfather series).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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