Vence
Vence is a commune set in the hills of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France, north of Nice and Antibes on the Mediterranean coast.
Meaning & Origin of Vence
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vence is a commune set in the hills of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France, north of Nice and Antibes on the Mediterranean coast.
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The Story of Vence
American parents first put Vence on the record books as a baby boy name in 1915, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1955, when 10 Vences were born — ranking #2,559 that year. About 42% of every Vence on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Vence last appeared in the published SSA data in 1970, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 78 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Vence
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- Henri Matisse (1869-1954) artist, painter
- Marc Chagall (1887-1985) artist, painter
- Jean Vincent de Crozals (1922–2009) painter, sculptor
- Eduardo Lourenço (1923-2020) essayist, philosopher
- Annelies Nelck (1925–2014) painter, engraver
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Names that sound like Vence
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About the name Vence
Vence is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 78 births in the dataset. Vence's peak popularity came in 1955 when it ranked #2,559. Use the chart and map above to compare Vence's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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