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Vince - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Vince
 
 

 



[ 1 syll. vin-ce, vi-nce ] The boy name Vince is pronounced as VIHNS KEY. Vince is used chiefly in the English and Hungarian languages, and its origin is Latin. Vince is a short form of the name Vincent (Dutch, English, French, and Scandinavian).

Vince is a classic favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for boys, though it was in more widespread use before. At the modest peak of its usage in 1963, 0.029% of baby boys were given the name Vince. It ranked at #324 then. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is in recent years of very light use. In 2007, its usage was only 0.009% and its ranking #982. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Vince, Vincent (Dutch, English, French, and Scandinavian) was the most frequently used. In 2007, it was used 20 times more than Vince.

Baby names that sound like Vince include Vance (English), Vincck (Czech), Vinca (Czech), Venanzio (Italian), Vinicio (Italian and Spanish), and Vinicius (Portuguese).

KEY: Pronunciation for Vince: V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


Details of famous persons named Vince:
Actor Vince Edwards, born 7 July 1928 - 11 March 1996, Brooklyn, New York.
Actor Vince Vaughn, born 28 March 1970, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Country Singer Vince Gill, born 12 April 1957, Norman, Oklahoma.
Footballer Vince Papale, born 9 February 1946, Glenolden, Pennsylvania.
Pianist Vince Guaraldi, born 17 July 1928 - 6 February 1976, San Francisco, California.

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