Wincent
A Latin name meaning "conquering", a shorter relative of Wincenty. Still rare enough that most Poles have never met one, but it's climbing fast: more boys got it last year than in the quiet years before.
Wincent Pronunciation
Wincent is pronounced VEEN-tsent (/ˈvint͡sɛnt/).
What Wincent means
Where Wincent comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Wincent comes from the Latin Vincentius, built on the verb vincere, to conquer. The meaning that traveled with it is plain: conquering, in Polish zwyciężający. The fuller form Wincenty has long stood beside it, and the two draw on one root.
Poland has known real bearers of that fuller form. Wincenty Kadłubek, a bishop and chronicler of the early thirteenth century, wrote one of the country's first histories of the realm. Wincenty Witos led the peasant movement and served three times as head of the Polish government. Their name kept its promise of victory.
Read a class register today. Wincent sits shorter than Wincenty, the same name trimmed to fit. The sense stays with it, that old Latin push to conquer, zwyciężający.
How many people are named Wincent
1 in 37581 men in Poland is named Wincent. 568 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1246 among male names.
Wincent's popularity over time
82 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #271 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2008.
Where parents choose Wincent
Wincent is most popular in Greater Poland, 51% above the national average (65 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+46%) and Pomeranian (+43%). It is least common in Holy Cross and Warmian-Masurian, 73% and 44% below average respectively.
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Greater Poland
+51%1 in 3,311 babies
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Masovian
+46%1 in 3,439 babies
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Pomeranian
+43%1 in 3,508 babies
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Holy Cross
−73%1 in 18,478 babies
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Warmian-Masurian
−44%1 in 8,974 babies
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Subcarpathian
−42%1 in 8,612 babies
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Greater Poland+51% 65 born1 in 3,311 babies+51%
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Masovian+46% 103 born1 in 3,439 babies+46%
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Pomeranian+43% 42 born1 in 3,508 babies+43%
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Lower Silesian+34% 42 born1 in 3,741 babies+34%
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Lubusz+21% 12 born1 in 4,138 babies+21%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−4% 21 born1 in 5,209 babies−4%
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Opole−13% 8 born1 in 5,762 babies−13%
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Łódź−21% 20 born1 in 6,336 babies−21%
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West Pomeranian−23% 13 born1 in 6,494 babies−23%
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Podlaskie−24% 10 born1 in 6,579 babies−24%
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Silesian−36% 29 born1 in 7,848 babies−36%
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Lublin−37% 13 born1 in 7,898 babies−37%
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Lesser Poland−38% 28 born1 in 8,104 babies−38%
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Subcarpathian−42% 14 born1 in 8,612 babies−42%
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Warmian-Masurian−44% 8 born1 in 8,974 babies−44%
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Holy Cross−73% 3 born1 in 18,478 babies−73%
Wincent as a middle name
Wincent is a first name for 568 men in Poland and a middle name for another 169, a 77/23 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 534th, between Tomas (169) and François (168).
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#532 Gustavo169
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#533 Tomas169
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#534 Wincent169
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#535 François168
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#536 Gabryel168