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This name has been growing on me. I think Vincent is a very strong-sounding name. But I'm afraid that people will associate it with Vincent Crabbe from Harry Potter (since HP is quite popular here). I'm not a HP fan, so I don't have that image.
What do you think of Vincent?
What do you think of Vincent?
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I have no idea who Vincent Crabbe is, but I never read the Harry Potter books. I don't think that many people will have the association.
Personally, I don't like Vincent. To me its a mix between a mobster and a nerd. I don't know how I have that image, I just do. I also don't like the nicknames Vin or Vinnie.
Personally, I don't like Vincent. To me its a mix between a mobster and a nerd. I don't know how I have that image, I just do. I also don't like the nicknames Vin or Vinnie.
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Vincent has been well-used since waaaay before Harry Potter, and I don't think Vincent Crabbe will have any effect there. It's not like the name Draco, which nobody knew about before Malfoy. And Vincent Crabbe, if I remember, was not a major character, just one of Draco's stooges. And his and Goyle's first names were rarely mentioned anyway.
I like Vincent a lot, especially as a middle name. Vince is a bright, bumptious nickname, but Vinnie is the archetype of a Mafia name.
I like Vincent a lot, especially as a middle name. Vince is a bright, bumptious nickname, but Vinnie is the archetype of a Mafia name.
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Dude no one is going to associate Vincent with Crabbe. Like if someone came up to me and asked what Crabbe and Goyle's first names were, I'd have to think about it really hard.
It's okay for me. It's my dad's middle name. I don't like it enough to use but I wouldn't mind seeing it on a real child.
It's okay for me. It's my dad's middle name. I don't like it enough to use but I wouldn't mind seeing it on a real child.
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Vincent is way too frequent and classic to be too associated with Harry Potter. It's like saying Rosalie is too associated with Twilight.
I like it. I had it on my list for my son for a while. It's very masculine but not thuggish. I guess it has a slight air of roguishness or sinister-ness, maybe from the sounds in it - but not nearly enough to make it seem too dramatic on a real guy. Just enough to give it a memorable character. The only problem with using it is that the appeal of Vince, Vinny, and Vin is rather less. But I'd be okay with Vin, and anyway I don't think Vincent would very often seem so stiff that it needed a more familiar form.
I like it. I had it on my list for my son for a while. It's very masculine but not thuggish. I guess it has a slight air of roguishness or sinister-ness, maybe from the sounds in it - but not nearly enough to make it seem too dramatic on a real guy. Just enough to give it a memorable character. The only problem with using it is that the appeal of Vince, Vinny, and Vin is rather less. But I'd be okay with Vin, and anyway I don't think Vincent would very often seem so stiff that it needed a more familiar form.
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