MEANING & HISTORY
What does Vicente mean?
Vicente is the Spanish and Portuguese form related to Latin Vincentius. Its source is vincens, conquering, from the verb vincere, to conquer.
The participial sense describes the historical word behind the name rather than a forecast of victory. Vicente belongs with Vincent and Vincenzo in the same Latin name family.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /viˈsente/Standard-Tagalog
- [vɪˈsɛn̪.t̪ɛ]Standard-Tagalog
- /biˈsente/with nativization
- [bɪˈsɛn̪.t̪ɛ]with nativization
Vi · cen · te3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Spanish
- /biˈθente/
- [biˈθẽn̪.t̪e]
- /biˈsente/
- [biˈsẽn̪.t̪e]
Vi · cen · te3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Vicente, a learned borrowing from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns + -ius. Doublet of Vincent.
a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Vincent
Wiktionary: Vicente (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Vicente.
a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Vincent
Wiktionary: Vicente (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns.
a male given name, equivalent to English Vincent
Wiktionary: Vicente (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Vicente
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Vicente Lukbán
Filipino general, revolutionary leader (1860-1916)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Vicente Sotto
Filipino comedian-actor, singer and politician; President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2018 to 2022 and 2025 to present
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
81
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
48
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Vicente Sotto, Vicente Lukbán
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Vicente in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Vicente
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Vicenta·Feminine of Vicente/Vincent: conquering
- Valente·Latin strong, vigorous or healthy in the Valens family
- Vincent♂Conquering or prevailing
- Inocente·Late Latin Innocens: harmless or innocent
- Vicentico·Familiar Vicente form, in the conquering name family
- Vicentito·Documented familiar form of Vicente
- Vickie♀Affectionate form of Victoria; victory
- Vince♂Short form of Vincent; conquering
What rhymes with Vicente?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Vicente
12 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Arturo Vicente·Arturo: Italian and Spanish form of Arthur; Vicente: Spanish and Portuguese form of Vincent
- Dondon Vicente·Source record
- Jose Vicente·Jose + Vicente: Joseph and Vincent name families
- Jose Vicente Raymund·Jose: he will add; Vicente: conquering; Raymund: counsel + protection
- Noe Vicente·Noe: noah family through spanish noé; separate noelia short form; Vicente: conquering; prevailing
- Rosano Vicente·Source record
- Vicente Fernando·Vicente: conquering; prevailing; Fernando: spanish form of ferdinand; daring in journey
- Vicente Hommer·Source record
Explore Vicente further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q16741111 — Vicente (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Vicente Sotto (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16741111 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Vicente Lukbán (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16741111 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Vicente (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Vicente (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Vicente (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Vicente (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.