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’d definitely think it was French...

Or vinnie Jones!!

It’s quite Irish to me. I know a few adult Irish Vincent’s. I like it. I think it’d be quite cool on a little boy.

Also think French- good old Catholic St Vincent De Paul!

I live in France, know a lot of Vincents and would place vincent as middle class / upper middle class here ...

I’d think catholic. The only Vincent’s I know are called Vinnie and are common as muck, but then I’m common as muck too so that’s probably why

I've only come across two in the Uk: my long-deceased great-grandfather, who was from an Irish Catholic background, and a colleague at work (fifties maybe?).

For a baby, I'd assume middle class and probably Southern/London. Simply because a lot of hipsters go for older names and most of my Northern friends from back home pick names like Jack and Oliver for their babies (caveat: that's just my friends, obviously not applicable to everyone).

Catholic and any class.

I can only think of Vinnie Jones. I do like Vincent, but not Vinnie.

The onlly vincent I know is also French, if it was a Brit, I’d have no preconceptions about the name. I think it’s classless.

A little Vinnie on the other hand,....

Vincent, or Vince - the only one I know is 70, smokes, likes a pint and swears like a trooper.

I think that they were youngish, m/c, considered themselves slightly ‘edgy’...

The only Vincent’s I know are either French or working class

I was in the doctors last week and this beautiful little boy was playing near me he was about two. Then his name popped up on the screen Vincent-Ross then a double barrel surname both beginning with F. Poor kid his name was bigger than he was!

According to this it's French, derived from Latin: www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/boy/vincent

I've only ever know two, both from hard-core Catholic families of Italian descent. I always picture Joe Pesci when I hear the name.

The pronunciation is so vastly different in French that I would certainly not associate it with someone being French if they were introduced with the standard English pronunciation.

I've only ever known one, and he was British Chinese! Never knew it was so popular among the Chinese.

I don't think it's particularly identifying tbh. I can imagine people of all classes with this name.

Vincent s derived from the Latin name Vincentius meaning "conquering" (from Latin "vincere" - "to conquer"). The French brought the name to the English and the Irish. The Gaelic forms of Vincent are “Uinseann” and “Uinsionn.” This name was popular among early Christians, and it was borne by many saints.

thts what came up when i googled Vincent.

It's a name i really like. I think Vinnie sounds a bit more 'rough around the edges', but i think Vincent is a solid, 'upper -class' name imo! :)

Chinese

Sorry, I think France too! It's way more common there than here.

I know two Irish Catholic Vincents.

And how can you not find any online reference to the fact that it's originally french? If you type in 'vincent name origin', the very first highlighted box at the top of my google screen tells you it was Latin and brought from France to the UK!

In their forties and fifties I might add.

I think it could work well on a child as one of the current "comeback" names.

DD did a class with a Vinny/Vincent. I don’t think I judged or thought anything of the mum other than “strange name for a 2 year old.” Sorry OP don’t mean to be rude.