Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Vincente shares an earlier linguistic root with Vincent. Vincent has been associated with Old French and Latin naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Italian use, Vincente 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
Vincente through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,895
- 2,895 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 70 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,036 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,036 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 70 in 1990. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,420 as a first name in 2020; 550 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.
Vincente’s family of names
Vincente shares a linguistic root with Vincent. In French usage, Vincente has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Wincencja. Vincente has a related form in Vincent.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Vicenteequivalent
- Vincenzoequivalent
- Vinceequivalent
- Vinzentequivalent
- Vicentequivalent
- Vincentiusequivalent
- Wincentyequivalent
- Vicençequivalent
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People named Vincente
- Vincente MinnelliAmerican stage and film director (1903-1986)
- Vincente Danilo Echeverría VerdesotoEcuadorian Catholic priestborn 1962
- Vicente GómezSpanish American guitarist and composer (1911-2001)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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