Vincent

Where Vincent comes from

Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.
— Wiktionary's entry for Vincent
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1853
    Vincent van Gogh born
    Dutch painter
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #262 among boys — 41 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1966
    Peak, #58
    4,941 babies named Vincent — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #107.
  5. 1986
    Vincent Kompany born
    Belgian association football player and manager
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Vincent van Gogh · Dutch painter, 1853–1890
  • Vincent Kompany · Belgian association football player and manager, born 1986
  • Vincent Price · American actor, 1911–1993
  • Vincent de Paul · French priest, founder and saint, 1581–1660
  • Vincent Auriol · 16th President of the French Republic, 1884–1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.