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Help[Opinions] Vincent for a girl?
Vincent is one of my favorite names (largely thanks to Vincent van Gogh), and I think it works wonderfully as a unisex name. Personally, I hope to name one of my daughters Vincent Nightingale. What do y'all think of this?
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I dig it
I think of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Cool!
I think of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Cool!
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I don't know about Vincent for a girl. I like Nightingale though.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
She went by Vincent.
Nms but there is a historical precedent.
She went by Vincent.
Nms but there is a historical precedent.
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If Millicent is a girl name, I guess Vincent could be too, but I've never thought of it. I prefer Vincenza for a girl version. I like the nn Vin.
Vincent Nightingale sounds cool and has good imagery (but so does Vincenza Nightingale or Vicenta Nightingale :P)
Vincent Nightingale sounds cool and has good imagery (but so does Vincenza Nightingale or Vicenta Nightingale :P)
This message was edited 7/21/2020, 4:36 PM
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I think it's way too masculine and historically used for boys. Vissenta and Vincenza are alright, though. Maybe Vicenta.
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No. Just no. I cannot picture it on a girl.
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No offense, but personally I think Vincent for a girl is a straight-out NO!!! Vincent is fine on a boy (though it's not one of my personal favorites), but on a girl?! NO WAY!! There are plenty of other nice girl names out there, why not use them? Nightingale as a middle name for a girl is nice, though.
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It sounds like Millicent, so I get why it would feel feminine to someone. But the usage is almost strictly masculine. It's safer in the middle spot, unless you want to challege the current status of the name.
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Why do you hope to name a daughter Vincent as opposed to a son? If you had both a son and a daughter, would you still name the daughter Vincent?
I'm curious as to why you think Vincent is unisex or feminine. It has been consistently masculine throughout its history of use, and it sounds very manly. I think Vincent is handsome on a boy, but I don't like any of the nicknames.
I'm curious as to why you think Vincent is unisex or feminine. It has been consistently masculine throughout its history of use, and it sounds very manly. I think Vincent is handsome on a boy, but I don't like any of the nicknames.
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Despite the meaning, something about the name Vincent has always seemed very soft to me. Perhaps it's the connection to van Gogh. I don't really think names should be strictly gendered, but this might be because I'm non-binary. My middle name, by birth, is also a boy's name, and my mother originally wanted me to go by it. I've always liked Addison, which is originally a masculine name, for a son. Orpheus is very nice too.
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I think it's strictly masculine, but I don't like it for men either. It sounds low-class and boorish when compared with the whimsical Nightingale.
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It's plain terrible. Vincentia is far better. Vincenta, however, looks very forced to me.
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I think you are the victim of the bandwagon effect. I do not think your daughter would thank you.
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It looks very masculine to me. I had a Chinese student who used Vincent as an English name because she liked the meaning until she realized it was a male name, and therefore switched to Vincenta.
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I think it's terrible for a girl. Sorry.
Nightingale is a cool middle name, though.
Nightingale is a cool middle name, though.
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I don’t care for the name Vincent but I do like the boldness of the name for a girl. Nightingale I quite like. Maybe Vincenza Nightingale with nn Enza or Vinza?
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It reminds me of a girl I went to school with named Theodore. Her parents named her Theodore because she was the fourth girl, and they had wanted a boy. She went exclusively by Thea. Technically any name can be unisex, but no one else is going to see Vincent and think girl. Heck, when I make appointments or interviews under the name Sam (which is unisex), the first comment I always get is "Oh, I thought you were a man." One can argue this shouldn't matter, but a child would still have to deal with this constantly. Additionally, Vincent does not have any feminine-sounding nicknames, so she wouldn't have anything to fall back on should this bother her.
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Oy vey.
Vincent is certainly not a name I expected to migrate to the girl side. There is just nothing remotely feminine about it to me. It's hyper masculine.
Vincent is certainly not a name I expected to migrate to the girl side. There is just nothing remotely feminine about it to me. It's hyper masculine.
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Nope!
It just doesn't remotely work for me.
It just doesn't remotely work for me.
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Question: Why are you planning to name a daughter rather than a son Vincent? True, you may not have any sons, but you don't know at this time whether or not that will be true.
What I would do, depending on how many children I wanted, is name the first boy Vincent, or if I had only girls and my last child was also a girl, name her Vincentia. Which I like more than I do Vincent, anyway.
What I would do, depending on how many children I wanted, is name the first boy Vincent, or if I had only girls and my last child was also a girl, name her Vincentia. Which I like more than I do Vincent, anyway.
This message was edited 7/20/2020, 6:54 PM
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Mostly as in the bird, but also to honor Florence Nightingale, since my mother is a nurse and my stepfather a paramedic :)
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Cool.
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No..
Why use it on a girl? There are plenty more girls names to use..
Why use it on a girl? There are plenty more girls names to use..
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I think you're wrong, wild, wild, and wrong. Jeez. What do you think of Aurora, Genevieve, Phoebe, and Anna for sons?
Anyway it reminds me of Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Anyway it reminds me of Edna St. Vincent Millay.
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No. Vincent is a very nice male name, and I think it would be better if it stayed that way.
Why not go with Vivian/Viviane/Viviana, Vera, Verena, Viatrix, Vianne, or any other V name? If you want Vincent that bad, at least go with Vincenza, Vicenta, or Vissenta. Vincent is not a gender-neutral name.
Why not go with Vivian/Viviane/Viviana, Vera, Verena, Viatrix, Vianne, or any other V name? If you want Vincent that bad, at least go with Vincenza, Vicenta, or Vissenta. Vincent is not a gender-neutral name.
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No.
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Vincent is not a unisex name, and naming a girl Vincent would be a crappy thing to do. Vincenza, yes, if you want it that bad. But not Vincent.
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Vincenza is pretty.
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