Vivien
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning living, alive; feminine form of Vivian.
Vivien by the numbers
In 2025, 21 babies in England and Wales were named Vivien. In the US, 219 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 the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 248 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Vivian
Like Vivien, 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.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Vivien. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Vivianalive, lively3,013 in the US (2017)
- Vivielively; a diminutive of Vivian or Vivienne7 in the US (2017)
- Vivienelively; variant spelling of Vivienne5 in the US (2017)
- Vivin6 in the US (2017)
- Vivienneliving; alive; lively1,255 in the US (2017)
- Vivianalively, vigorous; feminine form of Vivian769 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Vivien
Names that are said the same way as Vivien, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean life
Like Vivien, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Vivien
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