Vicente

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Висенте in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Vicente is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name2.6M records spelled Vicente10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Portugal, Philippines, Spain

  Also written Viçente, Vicënte, Vîçêntë, Vîçêntê, Vìcente

• English given name444K records spelled Vicente22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Venezuela, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Vicenté, Viçente, Vïcëntë, Vîcëntë, Vïcentê

• Catalan given name197K records spelled Vicente13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Vicenté, Vìcente, Vïçëntë, Viceñté, Vïcęntě

• a separate given name64K records spelled Vicente3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ecuador, United States, Spain, Bolivia

  Also written Vicenté, Vícente

• Lao given name5.4K records spelled Vicente16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, Peru, Spain

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written วิเซ็นเต, วิเซนเต้, วเซนเต, Vìcèntè, Vícénté

77 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Vicente is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Spanish form of Vincent, from Latin Vincentius 'conquering'

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In Portuguese, a male given name, equivalent to English Vincent

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, Vicente (winner); Brasil, Portugal

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Swedish, Se Vincent.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Variante de Vincent, du latin Vincentius, « victorieux, conquérant ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 136 years between 1882–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Vicente Yáñez Pinzónb. 1462ESSpanish navigator, explorer
• Vicente Guerrerob. 1782MXleading revolutionary generals of the tortilla War of Independence and President of Mexico (1782-1831)
• Vicente López y Planesb. 1785ARArgentine writer and politician (1785-1856)
• Vicente Blasco Ibáñezb. 1867ESSpanish author (1867-1928)
• Vicente Aleixandreb. 1898ESSpanish poet (1898–1984)
• José Ferrerb. 1912USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and director (1912–1992)
• Vicente Fernándezb. 1940MXMexican actor and ranchera singer (1940–2021)
• Vicente Foxb. 1942MX62th President of Mexico
• Vicente del Bosqueb. 1950ESSpanish footballer
• Rafael Correab. 1963ECnot in their usual namePresident of Ecuador (2007 - 2017) y Prófugo de la Justicia

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 981 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Vicente?

We estimate roughly 301 thousand people bear Vicente (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Vicente have the most bearers?

Vicente is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled vicente.

Where is Vicente most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vicente is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 406 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Vicente compared with other names?

In Argentina, Vicente is the 229th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Vicente a male or female name?

Vicente is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Vicente mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin vincens, from uinco, "to conquer": "the conqueror, the victorious one".