Vinnie

Vinnie is an English diminutive of Vincent, which derives from the Latin Vincentius, itself rooted in the verb vincere, meaning to conquer or to prevail. The name gained widespread use in medieval Europe through the veneration of Saint Vincent of Saragossa, a third-century martyr, and later Saint Vincent de Paul, the seventeenth-century French priest renowned for charitable works. Vinnie functions as a familiar form used independently or as a nickname, and it is occasionally also shortened from Lavinia, a Latin name of uncertain origin associated with a figure in Roman mythology. Related forms include Vince, Vincenzo, Vicente, and Lavinia.