If you often get a feel for a parent's social class/background by the child's name...

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What would you think of Vincent and his parents, before meeting them?

I use to think you could tell a lot by a name, especially surnames, but today I met a very posh Darius and Jayden set of twins

I’m not saying it isn’t common in France, I’m just saying it isn’t actually a French name

Apart from my DS, I knew 2 Vincent men once. They were both Italian American

There used to be a lot of Northern Vinces, to me it's an old mans name.

I'd think it likely one grandparent at least was European. I'm not sure why, it feels like "a nod to our culture" kind of name. No bad thing though.

Look, OP, you asked us what we would think. You didn’t ask us what the encyclopaedia says.

A bunch of us have said “we’d think French” and now you’re saying “but it’s not French”.

The fact it’s not French is by-the-by in relation to your OP: you asked for perceptions and thoughts and people have told you what they think. It’s probably reasonable to assume other people will think French or European whether that reflects factual accuracy or not.

Simul I wasn’t trying to critique people’s natural ‘what comes to mind’

I got the feeling people actually thought it was a French name, hence me saying it’s not of French origin but may be very popular in France

Only Vincent I know is French. In Italian it is Vincenzo (I know a couple of those). I’d not think posh.

Jayden...never met one! Jade I’d probably judge but wrongly to be fair as it is all based on Jade Goodie.

Yes I think European too. There is a catholic classic line of thinking used for naming that is just not properly understood by the masses in the UK.

Eg - Anne-Sophie or Kevin, to me they can sound quite old school, classic because I lived 3/4s of my life in Catholic countries and only 1 /4 in the UK.

Classic means ROYAL classic. But in other countries classic can mean popes' names!

I could be wrong but I think the royal family of Denmark have a Josephine and a Vincent. not sure

I would think eastern European.

I would think very posh parents. Don’t know why, it just strikes me as a posh name. I like it though.

I know two Vincents, both of whom are of West African origin.

I really like the name. I dislike Vince and Vinnie, but neither of the Vincents I know is ever called anything other than Vincent.

Some names are not really a giveaway in any direction. Other names shout a particular social background.

Vincent is pretty ambiguous.

I knew a little Vince once. He was from manchester and his parents were a sahm and an account manager for a local haulage firm.

I knew a big Vince too. He was a bouncer with 7 dcs. He was irish and catholic and very working class.

And I knew a pony called Vince too. He was a dude

The only Vincent I know is German and the parents are ludicrously eccentric and easygoing on the parenting front. Quite wealthy but through parents money, not their own. That's the impression I have of parents with children named Vincent, it's hard to shake seeing as I've never met another and they are so memorable!

I’d think he was French or Chinese.

The only ones I know are the above.

I can add another nationality and say that the only Vincent I know is Belgian.

i would think vincent is from a Chinese or white middle class background.

I didn't realise there were right or wrong answers to the OP

Makes me think of John Travolta's character in Pulp Fiction

It is a nice name though.

John Travolta was a good actor. Long rest his soul

@papayamum John Travolta isn't dead!

I’ve taught a few Vinnies, one of which was Vincent. I also know a Chinese Vincent. I’d probably think Chinese or Vinnie.

I know a Chinese Vincent too. I really like it though and think it's sweet. It is also quite grown up.

Catholic, Italian

I can only think of little Vinnie in school who is ridiculously cute and has really lovely parents, who work in retail. Or Vincenzo who used to work with me and had ridiculously blue eyes, He was known an Vinnie too and I presumed he was a Vincent until corrected.