Vincent
Vinzenz or Vincenz is a male given name and family name of Latin origin.
Name variants
variants
- Female:
- Vinzentia ( German )
Short forms
Origin and meaning
The name is derived from the Latin name Vincentius, a further development of "vincens" (victorious) and is thus related to Viktor (for "winner"). To spread in the Middle Ages, especially the worship of St. Vincent , who was martyred in Valencia under Diocletian in 304 .
Name days
- January 22nd (Vincent Pallotti, Vincent de Valencia)
- April 5th (Vincent Ferrer)
- May 24th (Vincent de Lérins)
- June 9 (Vincent de Agen)
- July 19 (formerly Vinzenz von Paul)
- September 27 (Vincent de Paul)
Well-known namesake
Saints
- Vincent of Agen (3rd or 4th century)
- Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419), Catalan monk
- Vincent von Lérins († around 450), French monk and church father
- Vinzenz Pallotti (1795-1850), Catholic priest
- Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), French theologian
- Vincent Strambi (1745-1824), Italian Passionist and Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino
- Vincent of Valencia (also of Saragossa ) († 304), Spanish saint and martyr
First name
- Vinzenz Adelmann (1780–1850 in Fulda), German physician and hospital director
- Vincenz von Augustin (1780–1859), Austrian field master craftsman
- Vincentius Bellovacensis (also: Vinzenz von Beauvais or Vincent de Beauvais; * between 1184 and 1194, † around 1264), French scholar, pedagogue and Dominican
- Vincenz Berger (1883–1974), German plant breeder
- Vinzenz Böröcz (1915–1994), Austrian politician (KPÖ) and printer
- Vincenz Brehm (1879–1971), Austrian biologist and animal geographer
- Vinzenz Bronzin (Italian Vincenzo; 1872–1970), Italian mathematician
- Vinzenz Buchheit (1923–2008), German classical philologist
- Vinzenz Chiavacci (1847–1916), Austrian writer
- Vincenz Czerny (1842–1916), German surgeon
- Vincenz Ensinger (also Vinzenz; * around 1422/23, † after 1493), Swabian builder and stonemason
- Vincenz Frigger (1909–1986), German painter and musician
- Vinzenz Gasser (1809–1879), Austrian theologian, philosopher and politician, Prince-Bishop of Brixen
- Vinzenz Maria Gredler (1823–1912), Austrian Franciscan and Tyrolean naturalist
- Vinzenz Hilber (1853–1931), Austrian geologist and paleontologist
- Vinzenz Ilger (* 1742; † after 1806), Benedictine, theologian and philosopher
- Vinzenz Kadlubek (1150–1223), Polish bishop
- Vinzenz Kiefer (* 1979), German actor
- Vinzenz Kreuzer (1809–1888), Austrian draftsman and landscape painter
- Dominikus Kuenzer (Vincenz Ferreri Dominikus Kuenzer; 1793-1853), Catholic priest and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Vinzenz Lachner (1811–1893), German composer, conductor and music teacher
- Vincenz Eduard Milde (also: Vinzenz Eduard Milde; 1777-1853), educator and bishop of Leitmeritz and archbishop of Vienna
- Vinzenz Nohel (1902–1947), Austrian National Socialist and Nazi perpetrator
- Vinzenz Oberhammer (1901–1993), Austrian art historian, university professor
- Vinzenz Platajs (1899–1944), Jehovah's Witness and Nazi victim of Yugoslav origin
- Vincenz Prießnitz (1799–1851), Austrian-Silesian hydrotherapist
- Vinzenz Rüfner (1899–1976), German philosopher
- Vinzenz Maria Süß (1802–1868), Austrian writer and museum founder
- Vincenz Statz (1819–1898), German architect
- Vinzenz Wagner (* 1990), Austrian actor and dancer
- Vinzenz Ziswiler (* 1935), Swiss zoologist
- Vinzenz Jakob von Zuccalmaglio (1806–1876), German writer and poet
Middle name
- Julian Vinzenz Krüger (* 1992), German actor
- Franz Vinzenz Schmid (1758–1799), Swiss chronicler, politician and rebel leader
family name
- Gion Clau Vincenz (1921–2014), Swiss politician (CVP), father of Pierin Vincenz
- Hans Vincenz (1900–1976), German painter
- Joanna de Vincenz (* 1967), German-Polish journalist
- Laurenz Matthias Vincenz (1874–1941), bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chur
- Pierin Vincenz (* 1956), Swiss bank manager, son of Gion Clau Vincenz
- Stanisław Vincenz (1888–1971), Polish writer, philosopher and translator
- Susanne Vincenz-Stauffacher (* 1967), Swiss politician (FDP)
See also
- Vincent Church
- Vincent's Hospital, list of hospitals with this name
- Vincenzgraben
swell
- Hans Bahlow : German name dictionary. Family and first names explained according to their origin and meaning. Gondrom, Bindlach 1990, ISBN 3-8112-0294-4 .
- Günther Drosdowski: Duden lexicon of first names: origin, meaning and use of several thousand first names. Bibliographical Institute (Dudenverlag), Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1974.
- Margit Eberhard-Wabnitz, Horst Leisering: Knaur's first name book. Droemersche Verlagsanstalt, 1985, ISBN 3-426-26189-8 .