MEANING & HISTORY
What does Vince mean?
Vince is a familiar shortening of Vincent. Vincent comes from Latin Vincentius, related to vincens, conquering or prevailing, and the verb vincere.
The short spelling preserves the beginning of the longer name rather than introducing another ancient root. Vince may serve as an informal name or as a complete official given name. The victory association concerns etymology, not a promised outcome.
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Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
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Origin and name formation
Latin
Dictionary accounts by language
English
Short form of the male given name Vincent.
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Vince
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Vince Dizon
Filipino government official
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Vince Gamad
Philippine actor
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Similar names to Vince
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- Lance♂From Lanzo and the Germanic land element
- Prince♂Prince; a ruler or royal son
- Vic♂Short form of Victor or Victoria
- Vina♀Lute in the documented Sanskrit name tradition
- Vincent♂Conquering or prevailing
- France♂♀French country-name form; Slovene form of Francis
- Vicente♂Conquering; prevailing
- Vickey♀Variant of Vicky, a familiar form of Victoria
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- Wikidata
- 5 person records with this given name · Q19825033 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
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- Wikidata given-name item Q19825033 — Vince (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Vince Gamad (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Vince Dizon (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Vince (English) (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: Vincent (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Vincent (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Vincent (English) (opens in a new tab)