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Baby Name of the Day: Yvonne | Appellation Mountain — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:52:51 +0000

[...] would fare today. It may be that the 1930s were prime time for the letter V. Alvin and Vivian, Vincent and Eva, Harvey and Vera were all popular. If the vibrant v is having another moment – and [...]

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Baby Name of the Day: Winston « Appellation Mountain — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:05:56 +0000

[...] Pulp Fiction featured Harvey Keitel in a small role as Winston Wolf, who helps contract killers Vincent and Jules clean up a [...]

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:48:01 +0000

Hi Vanessa,

The name that springs to mind for a son is Calvin, nicknamed Cal. The only drawback is that Calvincent can be smooshed together. But he meets most of your criteria, I think. There’s also Henry, nicknamed Hank, or Jeremy, nicknamed Jem. But Jem might not meet the one-syllable nickname test quite as well.

For girls: Veronica, Claudia, Lucia … and I just ran across an Antonella. It’s awfully frilly, but I kind of love it. Are there other criteria for a daughter’s name?

Best,
Abby

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:53:32 +0000

My husband and I chose Vincent (Vince) for our son for many of the reasons mentioned in the article. Classic, familiar but not common. In our state it is not common at all. My husband and I debated a long time about names. He wanted a traditional name that could have a one syllable nickname. All the men in both of our families have these type of names, Mike, Steve, Mark, Dan, Jim, Jeff, Rob, and many more. I wanted something “different”. I didn’t want my child to go to school and be Jack B., I hope and pray that there will not be another Vince in Kindergarten. It was a bonus that this name continues the family “V” tradition, he is the 5th that I know of. My husband and I have zero Italian heritage, but we love this classic LATIN name anyway. We are considering a second child and need a name that compliments Vincent but is not too similar. Any suggestions?

By: C in DC

C in DC — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:16:49 +0000

One of our neighborhood kids is named Vincent. It still feels a little dated to me. And Vincent/Vinny still say Italian to me too. But Vince/Vin I think are fresh and less culturally specific. There’s also Vince Gill. (All the Vince’s I know are Southern. Hmmm….)

By: Charlotte Vera

Charlotte Vera — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:26:51 +0000

Besides the Vincents already mentioned, there’s also Vincent Freeman, Ethan Hawke’s charactyer from Gattaca, and Vincent the dog who outlasts most of the other characters on Lost.

I’ve known quite a few Vincents — most of them Chinese Canadians whose parents chose their name because of Vincent’s similarity to the word “win”, believed to bring good fortune to its bearer.

By: Nicolette Sari

Nicolette Sari — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:18:56 +0000

Vincent D’Onofrio makes everything about the name Vincent better!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:47:36 +0000

I really like Vincent, just wish it worked my hubby’s last name…

It got a cool modern vibe, but of course it also has history and substance. I’m surprised it’s such a popular baby name. (#86 in my state!) Even with the girls going to Catholic school, most of the Vincents I know of are 65+.

By: Laney McDonald

Laney McDonald — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:36:13 +0000

lol. Yep, Vynsynt makes me shudder too. I asked her at least a thousand times why she spelled it that way and no answer. She just has weird taste in names I guess. She plans on giving her new baby a messed up name too. She’s got a long list of odd names going already and it keeps getting longer. I feel so bad for the kids cuz they’ll be correcting people forever and they’re not gonna be taken seriously.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:16:50 +0000

AGH! I forgot to mention Vincent Price. You’re right, Lola, I need to go hang my head in shame now.

Okay, I’m back. Vincent was a tough one for me, because it dominates the Italian-American side of my family tree. We’re not mafioso, but a few of the Vincents on my mother’s side look like they *could* be.

But Vince really does seem like he could make a comeback – better Vince than Lance, Chance, Chase or some of those other names that I always think of as better suited to a soap opera character than a real live human being.

And I forgot one more Vince – Entourage’s Vincent Chase, played by Adrian Grenier. I’m Netflixing my way through the series while trapped in the house with a babe in arms.

Laney, I forgot about your friend’s Vynsynt. Shudder. Again.

Kayt, I’m (tragically) overdue to update the calendar – I’ll work Daria into it, promise. Thanks for the suggestion.