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Vinnie and Vinny: OK as nns for Vincent, which I quite like. Not as independent names.
Virgil doesn't happen where I live; my New Year's resolution is going to be: Read the Aeneid, but I would hesitate to name a child Virgil.
Vivian unfortunately sounds like Vivien, which I love for girls. And it's unique really, because most people here use Vivienne as a girl name, pronouncing it like Vivian or Vivien; and Vivien and Vivian get used for girls too. So it's a bit of a minefield, really.
I prefer Viola to Violet, which I find bland and sentimental.
I like Vanessa a lot; perhaps from personal experience.
Victor as a m name is a bit ambitious but I like it enough to use as a mn. I would use Vickie rather than Victoria for a girl because I've got a good friend whose only name it is: OK, she's Vickie Patricia, but not Victoria.
I think I'd like Veronica more if it didn't shorten to Vera and Ronnie.
My SIL is Valerie, always known as Val. It's very dated; perhaps due for a return?
I like Verity; it's one of my favourite virtue names. In a book once, there was a character named Verily, which I didn't like and don't.
I've known a couple of people named Verna; it's also dated I think, and I don't like the -er- sound so I don't like Vernon either.