Meaning of the nameVicente

Male
Latin origin
Vi-cen-te

Vicente is a male name of Latin origin, from Vincentius, linked to vincēns, 'conquering', the participle of the verb vincere.

Meaning

“one who conquers, from vincens”

Source: Wiktionary: vincens · Behind the Name: Vincent

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People (2022): 123,565
Rank in Brazil: #263
Median age: 55 years
2010 Census: 126,329; people

Vicente in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Vicente, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (23,160 people).

577 women 122,988 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Vicente is most common

States with the highest share of people named Vicente in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Minas Gerais 0.122%
Ceará 0.119%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.093%
Piauí 0.078%
Santa Catarina 0.069%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	25,017	0.122%
São Paulo	22,601	0.051%
Ceará	10,460	0.119%
Rio Grande do Sul	10,146	0.093%
Rio de Janeiro	7,479	0.047%
Paraná	6,676	0.058%
Santa Catarina	5,243	0.069%
Bahia	4,600	0.033%
Goiás	4,229	0.060%
Maranhão	3,364	0.050%
Pará	3,324	0.041%
Pernambuco	2,899	0.032%
Piauí	2,543	0.078%
Mato Grosso	1,928	0.053%
Paraíba	1,834	0.046%
Espírito Santo	1,752	0.046%
Distrito Federal	1,622	0.058%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,607	0.049%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,479	0.054%
Amazonas	1,192	0.030%
Tocantins	861	0.057%
Alagoas	789	0.025%
Rondônia	677	0.043%
Sergipe	422	0.019%
Acre	323	0.039%
Roraima	274	0.043%
Amapá	224	0.031%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Vicente

Wiktionary records Vicente as a borrowing of the Latin Vincentius, from vincēns, the participle of vincō, 'to conquer', and gives it as the equivalent of Vincent. Behind the Name explains Vincentius as a Roman cognomen derived from vinco, 'to conquer', notes that several saints bore the name and lists Vicente as the Portuguese form. The name has grown again: those recorded who were born in the 2010s and in 2020 to 2022 outnumber those of any decade since the 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 123,565 people named Vicente, with a median age of 55; proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

Wiktionary: Vicente · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: vincens · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Vincent · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vicente · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Vicente

What does the name Vicente mean?

Vicente means “one who conquers, from vincens”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Vicente in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 123,565 people with the first name Vicente, which ranks it number 263 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Vicente a boy's or a girl's name?

Vicente is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 577 women and 122,988 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Vicente?

Vicente is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Vicente most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.122% of the state's population is named Vicente (25,017 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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