Vincent
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: from the male personal name Vincent, from Latin Vincentius based on vincens ‘conquering’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/vɪnsənt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vincent is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 91st most common given name.
- BEBelgium≈1 in 380(inferred from the name graph)
- SESweden1 in 590
- NLNetherlands≈1 in 664
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #510 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 605 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 333 (inferred from the name graph)
≈900,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the male personal name Vincent, from Latin Vincentius based on vincens ‘conquering’
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
How Vincent is read(measured from records)
Vincent is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English60%
from the male personal name Vincent, from Latin Vincentius based on vincens ‘conquering’
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Latin Vincentius, from vincens ‘conquering’; name of a 3rd-century martyr, introduced into England c1200; first attested Vincencius 1206 Cur (Nf)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
- French23%
From Latin Vincentius 'conquering'; on page: burns and skin irritation.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
du nom latin Vincentius, dérivé de vincens « qui vainc, vainqueur »
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vincent counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈900,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Vincent | 92 |
| US United States | #234 | 237,080 | 1 in 1.4K | 237K | Vincent | 605 |
| FR France | — | ≈200,000 est. | ≈1 in 333 | 233K | Vincent | 16 |
| NG Nigeria | #272 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Vincent | 122 |
| PH Philippines | #169 | ≈70,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Vincent | 183 |
| BE Belgium | #166 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 380 | 3K | Vincent | 155 |
| NL Netherlands | #133 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 664 | 17K | Vincent | 175 |
| SE Sweden | #686 | 17,307 | 1 in 590 | 17K | Vincent | 101 |
| HK Hong Kong | #228 | ≈9,600 est. | ≈1 in 758 | — | Vincent | 103 |
| SG Singapore | #91 | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 898 | — | Vincent | 155 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Vincent is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, Latin ‘conquering’; brought by the Normans, with St Vincent de Paul aiding popularity.
as a nameIrish first names
From the Old French form of the Latin name Vincens ‘conquering’ (genitive Vincentis). This name was borne by various early saints particularly associated with France, most notably the s5thcentury St Vincent of Lérins. Short form: Vince.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Vincent van Goghb. 1853NLDutch painter (1853–1890)
- Johan Galtungb. 1930NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian sociologist and peace scholar
- Jon Voightb. 1938USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1938)
- Frank Zappab. 1940USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician (1940–1993)
- Vince McMahonb. 1945USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestling promoter (born 1945)
- Steve Buscemib. 1957USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
- Vince Vaughnb. 1970USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1970)
- Vincent Larescab. 1974USAmerican actor
- Vincent Kompanyb. 1986BEBelgian association football player and manager
- Vincent Aboubakarb. 1992CMCameroonian association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 150 sources across 74 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 53K | #641 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 51K | #647 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 51K | #608 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 5.8K | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 3K | #291 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 2.8K | #291 |
Reference works 10
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Vincent a male or female name?
- Vincent is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Vincent mean, and where does it come from?
- from the male personal name Vincent, from Latin Vincentius based on vincens ‘conquering’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Vincent have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 903 thousand people named Vincent in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vincent.
- What are other forms of the name Vincent?
- In the etymology graph, Vicente, Enzo and Vince are forms of the same name in other languages; Vinnie, Vinny and Vin are recorded short or pet forms.
- How do you pronounce Vincent?
- A machine transcription gives /vɪnsənt/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Vincent?
- In the United States, the national register counted 237,080 people named Vincent in 2020, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Vincent compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Vincent is the 91st most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Vincent?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vincentThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vincent” — the 91st most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.