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Vicente
Say it: bee-THEN-teh
Meaning
From Latin Vincentius, from vincens 'conquering'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 19,831 babies given this name since 1882
- At its height in 2005, about 1 in 4,800 boys
- 313 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
SpanishPortugueseCatalanMexicanCentral AmericanAndeanArgentineCaribbean
The family of the name
Other spellings: Chente
| Catalan | Vicent |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Vicente |
| Basque | Bikendi |
| Italian | Vincenzo |
Famous bearers
- Saint Vincent of Saragossa, patron of Lisbon
- Saint Vincent Ferrer, Valencian preacher
- Vicente Guerrero, Mexican independence leader and president
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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