Vincent
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, Vincent, from Latin, equivalent to English Vincent. Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Vincent (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Vincent has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2012. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 80 |
| 1999 | 102 |
| 2000 | 89 |
| 2001 | 118 |
| 2002 | 124 |
| 2003 | 145 |
| 2004 | 224 |
| 2005 | 219 |
| 2006 | 305 |
| 2007 | 344 |
| 2008 | 463 |
| 2009 | 519 |
| 2010 | 573 |
| 2011 | 582 |
| 2012 | 632 |
| 2013 | 607 |
| 2014 | 614 |
| 2015 | 571 |
| 2016 | 518 |
| 2017 | 420 |
| 2018 | 467 |
| 2019 | 436 |
| 2020 | 467 |
| 2021 | 370 |
| 2022 | 362 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 1,042 |
| 2000 | – | 1,139 |
| 2001 | – | 1,267 |
| 2002 | – | 1,397 |
| 2003 | – | 1,553 |
| 2004 | – | 1,781 |
| 2005 | – | 2,005 |
| 2006 | – | 2,311 |
| 2007 | – | 2,656 |
| 2008 | – | 3,174 |
| 2009 | – | 3,719 |
| 2010 | – | 4,321 |
| 2011 | – | 4,916 |
| 2012 | – | 5,558 |
| 2013 | – | 6,172 |
| 2014 | – | 6,801 |
| 2015 | – | 7,377 |
| 2016 | – | 7,902 |
| 2017 | – | 8,328 |
| 2018 | – | 8,820 |
| 2019 | – | 9,291 |
| 2020 | 13 | 9,731 |
Vincent in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Vincent.Hi! My name is Vincent.
- Vincent har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Vincent has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vincents mamma är lärare.Vincent's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Vincents mamma is Vincent's mum.
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Questions about Vincent
How do you pronounce Vincent in Swedish?
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What does the name Vincent mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, Vincent, from Latin, equivalent to English Vincent. Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius.
How popular is Vincent in Sweden?
362 babies were named Vincent in 2022. In 2020, 9,744 people in Sweden had Vincent as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2012 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.