Is there anything I can do with the name Vincent?

[norskelove]

First let me clarify........No, I don't want to name my daughter Vincent.

But it is my grandfather's name (he means a lot to me), and I always dreamed of using Vincent as a first or middle name for my son if we ever had a boy. Well, I am pregnant with our last baby, which will be daughter number 3. While I am excited to have my 3 girls, I am also a little sad that I will never get to use Vincent.

So I need some ideas if anyone has any.......is there anything I can do with the name Vincent to make it more usable for a girl? Even if I can find a girls name that is somewhat related or inspired by Vincent, it would be meaningful to me. I just don't even know where to start with this one!

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

[dillonsfan01]

What about Vincenza? Vincentia? Or Lavina, it has the Vin sound in there. Vivian also sound a little similar to my ear as well.

[tinabina]

What about Vinnie? Nameberry lists it as a nice girls name, diminutive of Lavinia and a nn for Vincent. Is there anything else you can use in memory of him? Last name, birth month, anything that he loved?

[ashthedreamer]

What about Vincenza? That's the only female variant I can think of. Or maybe use his initials? There are a lot of pretty "V" names--Violet/Viola/Violetta, Vivienne/Viviana, Vienna, Veronica/Verona/Vera/Verity, Viviette, Valeria/Valencia/Valentina/Valerie, Vanessa, Vanina (I don't even know how legitimate it is, but I know this Argentinian/Italian family, and their oldest daughter is Vanina. They always said it was a form of some Italian name?), Victoria/Vittoria/Victoire, etc.

Since Vincent means "conquering", maybe you could do something with a similar meaning? Vinette is another form of Vincent I found, and Nicole/Nicolette/Colette/Cosette all mean "victory of the people". And Victoria of course means "conqueror; victory"...

Good luck!

[esrever88]

As previous posters have said, there's Vincentia and Vincenza. Apparently Vinceta is another variation, according to Nameberry.

You could also use Vinci (as in Leonardo da Vinci) - and, this one may be a stretch, but you could take the last four letters and go with Millicent.

[jersey_gray]

Put Vincent in the mn spot or go with two mn's and make it the second mn. You could pull Nettie from Vincent for mn or nn (Vincent=net=Nettie)

[lori johnson]

To me, Lavinia is the perfect solution if it's compatible with your other two girls' names.