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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.

Belgium
Dutch
1502 Vincent MPSA p. 59; 1503 Vincent ibid. p. 59; 1504 Vincent ibid. p. 60; 1597x1598 Vincent BoonenGes p. 366; 1599 Vincent MPSA p. 90
Czech Republic
Latin
1345 Czenko (nom) CDEM-7.2 605; 1346 Tschenconem (acc) ibid. 633, Tschenconi (dat) ibid. 633, Tschenko (nom) ibid. 633, Tschenkonis (gen) ibid. 633; 1349 Czenco (nom) chlumecky 23; 1350 Czencone (abl) ibid. 194, Czenkone (dat) ibid. 184, Czenkonis (gen) ibid. 165; 1353 Czenco (nom) ibid. 132, Czencone (abl) ibid. 4, p. 21, Czenconi (dat) ibid. 132, Czenconis (gen) ibid. 36, p. 22; 1355 Czenko (nom) ibid. 95, Czenkoni (dat) ibid. 98, Czenkonis (gen) ibid. 98, Czenkony (dat) ibid. 76; 1356 Czenko (nom) ibid. 117, Czenkoni (dat) ibid. 169; 1358 Czenco (nom) ibid. 216, p. 30, Czencone (abl) ibid. 440, p. 38, Czenko (nom) ibid. 440, p. 38, Czenkone (abl) ibid. 193, p. 29, Czenkoni (dat) ibid. 200, p. 30; 1395 Czenko (nom) LDFPUP1 p. 5
England
Latin
1189 Vincent (nom) GASurv p. 116; 1279–80 Vincentius (nom) WaHR-SK p. 45; 1300 Vincencius (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 234; 1566 Vincenti (gen) RegSoABap p. 12
Dutch
1574 Vincent AuFr Brawere; 1576 Vincent ibid. Cuenijnck; 1577 Vincent ibid. Lijen; 1579 Vincent ibid. s'Konings
Early Modern English
1530 Vincent LIWill-III p. 47; 1569 Vyncent SurMus II; 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
Middle French
1567 Vincent WCS p. 3; 1572/3 Vincent ibid. p. 7; 1582 Vincent ibid. p. 17; 1587 Vincent ibid. p. 47; 1588 Vincent ibid. p. 48; 1591 Vincent ibid. p. 49; 1594 Vincent ibid. p. 51
Walloon
1581 Vincent RWC p. 3; 1582 Vincent ibid. p. 4; 1591 Vincent ibid. p. 18; 1591/2 Vincent ibid. p. 20; 1592 Vincent ibid. p. 21; 1593 Vincent ibid. p. 27; 1594 Vincent ibid. p. 32; 1595 Vincent ibid. p. 37; 1595/6 Vincent ibid. p. 40; 1596 Vincent ibid. p. 41; 1596/7 Vincent ibid. p. 44; 1599 Vincent ibid. p. 54
Estonia
Middle Low German
1592 Wintz Tiik1977 p. 288
France
Latin
1054 Vincentius (nom) StVdM-II 693; 1179 Vincentius (nom) clairvaux-12thc 180; 1180 Vincentii (gen) RotScaNor p. 4; 1196 Vincentius (nom) CartNDdOurscamp CXXXIX; 1267 Vincentius (nom) NDParisII 2-II; 1268 Vincentius (nom) ibid. 2-V; 1269 Vincencio (dat) ibid. 2-XII, Vincentius (nom) ibid. 2-III; 1273 Vincentius (nom) ibid. 2-XLIII; 1274 Vincencii (gen) ibid. 2-LV, Vincentius (nom) RHF-VIII p. 59; 1280x1281 Vincentii (gen) NDParisII 2-CXV, Vincentio (abl) ibid. 2-CXV, Vincentium (acc) ibid. 2-CXV, Vincentius (nom) ibid. 2-CXV; 1301 Vincenti (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 250, Vincentii (gen) ibid. p. 259, Vincentius (nom) ibid. p. 209; 1378 Vincentio (dat) hanquetvol1 785; 1503 Vincentio (abl) MHCG2 278
Old French
1296 Vincent paris1296 p. 11; c1298 Vincent (obl) HistHdVParis p. 138; 1313 Vincent Paris1313 p. 1
1313 Vincenet Paris1313 p. 35
Middle French
1388 Vinchen thierry; 1404 Vincent HistHdVParis no. 4; 1418 Vincent DdB1418 p. 202, HGParis p. 378; 1421 Vincent favier 1048; 1423 Vincent ibid. 279; 1438 Vincent ibid. 563; 1528 Vincent Subsidy1528 p. 172; 1561 Vincen RegPCC-1 p. 529, Vincent ibid. p. 5; 1562 Vincent ibid. p. 6; 1563 Vincent ibid. p. 32; 1564 Vincent ibid. p. 97; 1565 Vincent ibid. p. 117; 1566 Vincent ibid. p. 203; 1567 Vincent ibid. p. 293; 1568 Vincent ibid. p. 388; 1570 Vincent ibid. p. 422; 1571 Vincent ibid. p. 442; 1572 Vincent ibid. p. 485
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Vincentius (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 10
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Vincentii (gen) BBC-Berg 66; 1282 Vincentio (dat) DSS5-1-4 XV; 1326 Vincentium (acc) Friuli-14thC no. 446; 1376 Vicencio (abl) DouGen1 p. 168; 1464 Vincentius (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI; 1478 Vincenzii (gen) RCCaetani6 2720, Vincenzio (abl) ibid. 2720; 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; 1367 Cencii (gen) Livi 122
Italian
1513x1521 Vincentio LeoX p. 18, Vincenzio ibid. p. 17, Vincenzo ibid. p. 33
The Netherlands
Dutch
1566 Vincent MagMiddelburg-1560; 1567 Vincent ibid.
Portugal
Latin
1211 Vincentius (nom) PHGCRP-I no. 6; 1217 Vincentius (nom) ibid. no. 21; 1256 Vincentij (gen) ibid. no. 17; 1269 Vincencio (dat) ibid. no. 11
Spain
Latin
1068 Vicentius (nom) CDSS I, Vincencius (nom) ibid. I; 1124 Vecentez (gen) ibid. V, Vincent (abl) ibid. V; 1491 Vincentii (gen) carbonell-I p. 64, Vincentius (nom) ibid. p. 63
Catalan
1510 Vicent valencia1510 3418
Spanish
1575 Vincente Catalogo-5.2 3860
Switzerland
Latin
1235 Vincentio (dat) CLC p. 47
Cite as: R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Vincent". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Vincent.