Vincent or Archie..

[Felixfrank]

Which do you prefer?
I would not shorten Vincent to Vinny.. just Vin if his name was to be shortened

Not keen on either of them.

Vincent.
Archie is pretty popular now

Neither

Both aren't very nice. Sorry.

Not keen on Vincent at all. The scary dummy in toy story 4 suited them name well.
Archie is much better but it's a bit meh.

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Archie is a great choice. Not a fan of Vincent at all.

Vincent

If you want an “old fashioned” name why not go for one that doesn’t make your child sound like a grandad? David, Michael, James, Peter, Timothy, Simon, Anthony, Matthew, Benjamin, all perfectly good names, none of them likely to be filling classrooms in five years time.

If you are determined to have a grandad name then what about Wilberforce, Archibald, Wilfred, Clarence, Raymond............

Vincent, definitely.

Vincent by far. Archie is awful. I know a teen Vincent. It’s a good name.

Love both
Archie is my favourite though

@viques The names you listed all sound much more 'grandad' to me, with the exception of James...

Vincent! Archies are everywhere (I work in a school).

Archies are everywhere....

I really don't like Vincent, and he will get known as Vinnie wether you like it or not....

Millions of Archie’s round us. DS’s best friend is a Vincent so I have a soft spot for it. Not sure I would have liked it otherwise as I’d worry about it being shortened to Vinnie, which I’m not so keen on. But so far he is always Vincent (he’s 5).

Vincent is a brilliant name. Love it and love the Vincent I know

Vincent for me

H&MM ruined Archie for me. Not a fan of Vincent either though. Do you have any other names in the running?

I don't like Archie. Vincent is ok. How abour Sebastian, Dominic, Elliot, Nathaniel, Jude, Miles or Jasper?

Neither if poss.

Vincent - not for me
Archie - massively overused and a bit meh now.

Both are good. Sorry no help.

If pushed leaning towards Vincent as Archie is popular now.

Vincent. It's okay, not my fave name but better than Archie, which (along with Alfie, Teddy et al) sounds a bit too cute for me as a given name (but obviously Archibald is pretty unusable!). Vincent is also less likely to date than Archie which is very trendy now.

Vincent

I have a 2 year old Vincent and I just love his name. I don't think of it as a grandad name; to me it is a bit arty and quirky - I think of the painter, the Don Maclean song... and the mighty boosh character 😄

We use all the abbreviations - Vin, Vince, Vinny and also Vincy.

I love Vincent! Not keen on Vinny either. I think Vin/Vince are okay nicknames, but the full given name is beautiful on its own.

If you like the sound of it, you might also like the Irish name Fintan?