Vivian
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning alive, lively.
How Vivian has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #95 |
| 2016 | #95 |
| 2017 | #97 |
| 2018 | #96 |
| 2019 | #96 |
| 2020 | #101 |
| 2021 | #102 |
| 2022 | #103 |
| 2023 | #87 |
| 2024 | #77 |
| 2025 | #72 |
Vivian by the numbers
In 2025, 43 babies in England and Wales were named Vivian. In the US, 3,013 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 4,128 babies in 1920, making it a 1920s name.
At its height, in 1920, about 1 in 300 American babies born that year was called Vivian.
Names that come from Vivian
Forms of Vivian in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Vivianalively, vigorous; feminine form of Vivian769 in the US (2017)
- Vivanlively or living; a form of Vivian9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Vivialiving; a form of Livia or Vivian20 in the US (2017)
- Vivielively; a diminutive of Vivian or Vivienne7 in the US (2017)
- Vyvianlively; a spelling variant of Vivian7 in the US (2017)
- Vivianilively; plural or variant of Vivian5 in the US (2017)
- Vivikalively; variant of Viveca or Vivian5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Vivian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Vivian
Names that are said the same way as Vivian, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Vivienneliving; alive; lively1,255 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)
- Vivianelively, vibrant; a form of Vivian19 in the US (2017)
- Vivyanlively, living; a form of Vivian9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean life
Like Vivian, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Vivian
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