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Vincent name meaning

“to conquer”

Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
V
Origin
Latin
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1990s: 8.9%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s8.9%
2000s8.3%
2010s–

Meaning victoryLatin origin

Vincent is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning 'to conquer'.

What does Vincent mean?

To conquer

In Malay: menakluk

#Victory

Sources (1)

About the name Vincent

Vincent comes from the Roman cognomen Vincentius, from Latin vinco, 'to conquer'. Early Christians favoured it and many saints bore it. JPN records show it peaking in the 2000s with 1,193 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginLatin
SyllablesVin-cent

Vincent in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
Boy: 849 · 8.9%
2000s
Boy: 1,193 · 8.3%
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Vincent as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Vincent · behindthename.com · meaning

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