Given name & surname
Vincenzo
Vincenzo is a masculine given name from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.
Original ItalianEnzo
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vincenzo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,659
- 10,659 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 403 babies
- 2025
- 403
- #674 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 403 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 674 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (75). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,238 as a first name in 2020; 268 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.
Vincenzo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Vincenzo has an affectionate form in Enzo. In Italian usage, Vincenzo shares a linguistic root with the Sicilian form Vicenzu. Vincenzo has a related form in Vincent.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vincenzo has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
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 Vincenzo
- Pope Leo XIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
- Vincenzo BelliniItalian opera composer (1801–1835)
- Vincenzo NibaliItalian road racing cyclistborn 1984
- Vincenzo IaquintaItalian association football playerborn 1979
- Vincenzo MontellaItalian association football player and coachborn 1974
- Vincenzo Scamozzi16th century Italian architect (1548–1616)
- Vincenzo VivianiItalian scientist (1622-1703)
- Vincenzo GalileiItalian lutenist, composer and music theorist1520–1591
- Vincenzo GiobertiItalian philosopher and politician (1801-1852)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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