Vincent

Vincent comes from the Latin vincere, "to conquer," a name given to early Christian martyrs and carried forward by Saint Vincent de Paul, the seventeenth-century priest known for his work with the poor. Then, of course, there is van Gogh, whose signature on the corner of a sunflower canvas gave the name a painterly second life. Vincent has kept a steady place in the U.S. top 150 for more than a century, never trendy, never out of fashion. Two firm syllables, a clean consonant finish, and the built-in nickname Vince. It reads as intelligent, a little bohemian, slightly melancholic in the most appealing way.