Vivan
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning lively or living; a form of Vivian.
Vivan by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Vivan. In the US, 24 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 44 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Vivian
Like Vivan, each of these traces back to Vivian: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Vivianalively, vigorous; feminine form of Vivian769 in the US (2017)
- Vivienliving, alive; feminine form of Vivian219 in the US (2017)
- Viviannelively or living; a form of Vivian152 in the US (2017)
- Viviannlively, living; a form of Vivian34 in the US (2017)
- Vivialiving; a form of Livia or Vivian20 in the US (2017)
- Vivianelively, vibrant; a form of Vivian19 in the US (2017)
- Vivyanlively, living; a form of Vivian9 in the US (2017)
- Vivielively; a diminutive of Vivian or Vivienne7 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Vivan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Vivan
Names that are said the same way as Vivan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Vivin6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean life
Like Vivan, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Vivan
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