Given name & surname

Vinko

“to conquer”

Vinko is a masculine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Vinko goes back to a word meaning “to conquer.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Vinko’s family of names

Vinko has a related form in Vincent. In Slovenian usage, Vinko has a conventional equivalent in the English form Vincent. In Croatian usage, Vinko has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Викентий.

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Vinko has relatives in 3 languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Vincentvariant · English, French

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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