Vincent

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Vincent is a male name derived from Vincentius (from the present participle of the Latin verb vincere, "to conquer or win").

Translations

• Arabic: فنسنت ، منصور
• Basque: Bikendi
• Belarusian: Вінцэнт
• Bengali: ভিনসেন্ট (Bhinasēnṭa)
• 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, Vin, Vinn, Vint, Bink
• French: Vincent
• Filipino: Enteng
• German: Vinzent, Vinzenz, Vincenz
• Greek: βικέντιος (Vikéndios)
• Gujarati: વિન્સેન્ટ (Vinsēnṭa)
• Hebrew: וינסנט
• Hindi: विनसेंट (Vinasēṇṭa)
• 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 : വിന്സന്റ്റ് (vincent)
• Mandarin Chinese: 文森 (Wensen)
• Marathi: व्हिन्सेंट (Vhinsēṇṭa)
• Mongolian: Винсент (Vinsyent)
• Nepali: विन्सेन्ट (Vinsēnṭa)
• Persian: وینسنت
• Polish: Wincenty, Wicek, Wicent, Wicus
• Portuguese: Vicente
• Romanian: Vincențiu
• Russian: Викентий (Vikentiy), Винсент (Winsent), Kesha, Vika, Vikent, Vikenti, Vikesha
• Serbian: Викентије (Vikentije)
• Slovene: Vincenc, Vinko
• Spanish: Vicente, Vincente
• Swedish: Vincent
• Tamil: வின்சென்ட் (Viṉceṉṭ)
• Telugu: విన్సెంట్ (Vinseṇṭ)
• Thai: วินเซนต์ (Winsent̒)
• Ukrainian: Вінсент (Vinsent, Winsent)
• Urdu: ونسنٹ
• Yiddish: ווינסענט (Wwynsʻnt)

Saints

• Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304), deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia
• Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (d. 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees
• Vincent of Digne (d. 379), French bishop of Digne
• Vincent of Lérins (d. 445), Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings
• Vincent Madelgarius (d. 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

Given name

Many people with the given name Vincent are better known by the diminutives "Vin", "Vince", "Vinny" or "Vinnie".

Surname

Popular culture

• Vincent, a song by Don McLean
• Vincent, a short film by Tim Burton
• Vincent, a 2005-2006 UK TV series starring Ray Winstone and Suranne Jones broadcast by ITV

Fictional characters

• Vincent Corleone, a fictional character in The Godfather Part III
• Vince Clark is the main character in the British sitcom 15 Storeys High
• Vincent, a fictional titular character ("The Beast") from Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series), played by Ron Perlman
• Vincent Keller, a fictitional titular character ("The Beast") from Beauty and the Beast (2012 TV series), played by Jay Ryan
• Vincent Valentine, a fictional character from Final Fantasy VII
• Vincent Crabbe, a character in the Harry Potter series
• Vincent Vega, a fictional character in the film Pulp Fiction
• V.I.N.CENT "Vital Information Necessary CENTralized" a robot in the 1979 Disney film The Black Hole
• Vinnie Patterson, fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Ryan Kwanten
• Vincent Phantomhive, a fictional character in the anime Black Butler
• Vinnie Kruse, fictional character from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street, played by Pua Magasiva
• Vincent Nightray, fictional character from anime/manga Pandora Hearts

Other uses

See also

• VINCE., a contemporary clothing line

References