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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Vincent m. Latin Vincentius, from vincens 'conquering'.

The name of a number of 4th C saints, a 5th C saint, a 7th C Belgian saint, and a 14th C Spanish saint and logician.

England
Latin
● 1189 Vincent (nom) GASurv p. 116; 1279–80 Vincentius (nom) WaHR-SK p. 45; 1300 Vincencius (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 234
English
● 1530 Vincent LIWill-III p. 47; 1586 Vincent DEmar-vol2 p. 12; 1588 Vincent StAnthonlin p. 33; 1589 Vincent DEmar-vol2 p. 19; 1590 Vincent ibid. p. 22; 1592 Vincent BEmar-vol2 p. 31, DEmar-vol2 p. 25; 1593 Vincent ibid. p. 26; 1597 Vincent ibid. p. 37; 1598 Vincent ibid. p. 39
France
Latin
● 1054 Vincentius (nom) StVdM-II 693; 1180 Vincentii (gen) RotScaNor p. 4; 1196 Vincentius (nom) CartNDdOurscamp CXXXIX; 1301 Vincenti (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 250, Vincentii (gen) ibid. p. 259, Vincentius (nom) ibid. p. 209; 1378 Vincentio (dat) hanquetvol1 785
Old French
● 1296 Vincent paris1296 p. 11; 1313 Vincent Paris1313 p. 1
◑ 1313 Vincenet Paris1313 p. 35
Middle French
● 1388 Vinchen thierry; 1418 Vincent HGParis p. 378; 1421 Vincent favier 1048; 1423 Vincent ibid. 279; 1438 Vincent ibid. 563
Italy
Latin
● 1265x1339 Vincentii (gen) BBC-Berg 66; 1326 Vincentium (acc) Friuli-14thC no. 446; 1522x1532 Vicencius (nom) DSF p. 53, 37, Vincencius (nom) ibid. p. 52, 29; 1527 Vincentij (gen) Rome1527 p. 89, Vincentius (nom) ibid. p. 85
◑ 1285 Vençoli (gen) Perugia1285 p. 157, Vinçoli (gen) ibid. p. 159
The Netherlands
Dutch
● 1566 Vincent MagMiddelburg-1560; 1567 Vincent ibid.
Spain
Catalan
● 1510 Vicent valencia1510 3418
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Vincent". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Vincent.