Vincent
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| Vincent | |
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_-_Pedro_Alexandrino_de_Carvalho.png) Saint Vincent (right) | |
| Pronunciation |
/ˈvɪnsɛnt/ French: [vɛ̃sɑ̃] |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | "conquering", "winning" |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Vince, Vinny, Vinnie, Vin |
| Related names | Vincentius, Vicente, Vincente, Vincenzo |
Vincent (Latin: Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word "vincere" (to conquer).
Translations
- Arabic: فنسنت, منصور
- Basque: Bikendi
- Belarusian: Вінцэнт
- Cantonese: 雲森 (wan4 sam1)
- Catalan: Vicenç, Vicent
- Chinese Simplified: 文森特 (Wénsēntè)
- Chinese Traditional: 文森特 (Wénsēntè)
- Czech: Vincenc, Cenek, Vincence, Vinco
- Dutch: Vincent
- English: Vincent, Vince, Vinny, Vinnie, Vin
- Esperanto: Vincento
- French: Vincent
- Filipino: Enteng
- Finnish: Vinsentti
- German: Vinzent, Vinzenz, Vincenz
- Greek: Βικέντιος (Vikéndios)
- Hebrew: וינסנט
- Hungarian: Vince, Bence, Vinci
- Irish: Uinseann
- Italian: Vincenzo, Vincenzio, Enzo, Vincente, Vicenzo
- Japanese: ヴィンセント (Vuinsento)
- Kannada: ವಿನ್ಸೆಂಟ್ (Vinseṇṭ)
- Korean: 빈센트 (Binsenteu)
- Late Roman: Vincentius
- Latin: Vincentius
- Latvian: Vincents
- Lithuanian: Vincentas, Vincas
- Macedonian: Винсент (Vinsent)
- Malayalam : വിൻസെന്റ് (vincent)
- Mandarin Chinese: 文森 (Wensen)
- Mongolian: Винсент (Vinsyent)
- Persian: وینسنت
- Polish: Wincenty, Wicek, Wincent, Wicuś
- Portuguese: Vicente
- Romanian: Vincențiu, Vicențiu
- Russian: Викентий (Vikentiy, native Russian form), Винсент (Vinsent, used for non-Slavs), Kesha, Vika, Vikent, Vikesha
- Serbian: Викентије (Vikentije) or Вићентије (Vićentije)
- Sheng: Vinni, Vince
- Slovene: Vincenc, Vinko
- Spanish: Vicente
- Swedish: Vincent
- Thai: วินเซนต์ (Winsent̒)
- Ukrainian: Вінсент (Vinsent, Winsent)
- Urdu: ونسنٹ
- Vietnamese: Vĩnh Xuân
- Yiddish: ווינסענט (Wwynsʻnt)
People with the given name
Artists
- Vincent Apap (1909-2003), Maltese sculptor
- Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist painter
- Vicente Fernández (born 1940) Mexican singer, actor, and film producer
Saints
- Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia
- Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees
- Vincent of Digne (died 379), French bishop of Digne
- Vincent of Lérins (died 445), Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings
- Vincent Madelgarius (died 677), Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France
- Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician
- Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who served the poor
- Vicente Liem de la Paz (Vincent Liem the Nguyen, 1732–1773), Vincent Duong, Vincent Tuong, and Vincent Yen Do of the Vietnamese Martyrs
- Vincent Pallotti (1795–1850), Italian ecclesiastic
Politicians and government officials
- Sir John Vincent "Vince" Cable (born 1943), British politician
- Vince Catania (born 1977), Australian politician
- Vince Martin (1920-2001), Australian politician
- Vincent Massey (1887-1967), Canadian lawyer, diplomat and 18th Governor General of Canada
- Vincent Orange (born 1957), American politician and attorney
- Vincent Pierre (born 1964), American politician
In sports
- Vicente Fernandez, (born 1946), golfer
- Vinnie Anderson (born 1979), New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Vince Biegel (born 1993), American football player
- Vincent Candela, French football player
- Vince Carter (born 1977), National Basketball Association player
- Vinnie Clark (born 1979), American former National Football League player
- Vince Clarke (born 1971), English former cricketer
- Vince Coleman (born 1961), American former Major League Baseball player
- Vince Courville (born 1959), American former National Football League player
- Vince DiMaggio (1912-1986), American Major League Baseball player, older brother of Joe and Dom DiMaggio
- Vince Dooley (born 1932), American former football coach
- Vincent Hancock (born 1989), American Olympic shooter
- Vincent Kompany (born 1986), Belgian footballer
- Vincent Lange (born 1974), German volleyball player
- Vincent Lecavalier (born 1980), Canadian former National Hockey League player
- Vince Lombardi (1913-1970), American National Football League player, coach and executive
- Vince McMahon (born 1945), American professional wrestling promoter and owner, chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
- Vince McMahon, Sr. (1914-1984), American professional wrestling promoter, father of the above
- Vince O'Sullivan (born 1957), American racewalker
- Vince Phillips (born 1963), American boxer and former IBF champion
- Vince Promuto (born 1938), American former National Football League player
- Vincent Sanford (born 1990), American basketball player
- Vincent Morris Scheer (1904-1986), light welterweight champion boxer under the ring name Mushy Callahan
- Vin Scully (born 1927), American sportscaster
- Vincent Taylor (American football) (born 1994), American football player
- Vinny Testaverde (born 1963), American former National Football League quarterback
- Vince Warren (born 1963), American former National Football League player
Actors and directors
- Vincent Cassel (born 1966), French actor
- Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959), American actor, director, producer, writer, and singer
- Vincent Gallo (born 1961), American actor, director and musician
- George Vincent "Vince" Gilligan, (born 1967), American writer, director, and producer
- Vinnie Jones (born 1965), British actor and former footballer
- Vincent Kartheiser (born 1979), American actor
- Vincent Price (1911-1993), American actor best known for his performances in horror films
- Vincent Sherman (1906-2006), American director and actor
- Vince Vaughn (born 1970), American actor
- Vincent Zhao (born 1972), Chinese actor and martial artist
- Vincent Regan (born 1966), British actor
In music
- Vincent (born 1995), Canadian electronic music producer and pianist (born Robert Hughes)
- Vince Clarke (born 1960), English musician, part of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, VCMG
- Vince Gill (born 1957), American country music singer, songwriter and musician
- Vince Guaraldi (1928-1976), American jazz musician and pianist
- Vince Hill (born 1937), English singer
- Vince Martin (born 1937), American folk singer and songwriter
- Vinnie Colaiuta (born 1956), an American session drummer
- Vinnie Moore (born 1964), American guitarist and member of the English hard rock band UFO
- Vinnie Paul (born 1964), American rock/metal drummer
- Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987), American composer, teacher and pianist
- Vinnie Vincent (born 1952), American rock/metal guitarist, formerly with Kiss
- Vincent Pontare (born 1980), Swedish singer and songwriter
- Vincent Jamal Staples (Born 1993), American rapper
Writers
- Vincent O'Sullivan (American writer) (1868–1940), American-born short story writer, poet and critic
- Vincent O'Sullivan (New Zealand poet) (born 1937), New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic and editor
- Vincent Cronin (1924-2011), British biographer
- Vince Powell (1928–2009), British sitcom writer
Other
- George Vincent Orange (1935-2012), New Zealand historian best known for his military biographies
- Phil Vincent (1908-1979), founder of UK motorcycle company Vincent Motorcycles
- Frank Vincent (1937-2017), American actor
- Vincent, Prince of Denmark (born 2011)
- Vincent (TV series) portrays a private investigator Vincent Gallagher
Fictional characters
- Vincent Corleone, in The Godfather Part III
- Vincent Vega, a main character in the film Pulp Fiction
- Vincent, a contract killer in the 2004 film Collateral, played by Tom Cruise
- V.I.N.CENT (Vital Information Necessary CENTralized), a robot in the 1979 Disney film The Black Hole
- Vincent, "The Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series), played by Ron Perlman
- Vincent Keller, "The Beast" from Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series), played by Jay Ryan
- Vinnie Patterson, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Ryan Kwanten
- Vincent Valentine, from Final Fantasy VII
- Vincent Crabbe, in the Harry Potter series
- Vincent Phantomhive, in the anime Black Butler
- Vincent Nightray, from the anime/manga Pandora Hearts
- Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer, in the film Ghostbusters
- Vincent Brooks, the main character of the 2011 Atlus video game Catherine
- Vincent, a main character in the 2015 film Disorder, played by Matthias Schoenaerts
- Father Vincent, in Silent Hill 3
- Vincent, Walt's dog in Lost
- Vincent Dorin, a character from Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
- Vincent Sinclair, a character from House of Wax
- Vincent Nigel Murray, one of Dr. Brennan’s “squinterns” from Bones
- Vincent Malloy, central character of the 1982 short stop-motion movie Vincent by Tim Burton
- Vincent, the main villain of Over the Hedge
See also
- Veni, vidi, vici ( lit. "I came; I saw; I conquered")
- Victor (name) (lit. "winner" or "conqueror")
- Nike (mythology)/Victoria (mythology)
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