Vivienne

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning living; alive; lively.

Babies a year
1,255
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#172
up from #184
UK popularity
#403
101 babies · down from #395

How Vivienne has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#145#244#343201520202025#172

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#233
2016#246
2017#252
2018#270
2019#300
2020#264
2021#316
2022#306
2023#235
2024#184
2025#172

Vivienne by the numbers

In 2025, 101 babies in England and Wales were named Vivienne. In the US, 1,255 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 1,428 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

Names that come from Vivienne

Forms of Vivienne in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Viviliving; diminutive of Vivienne6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • 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 Vivienne. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Viviannelively or living; a form of Vivian152 in the US (2017)
  • Vivienelively; variant spelling of Vivienne5 in the US (2017)
  • Vivienliving, alive; feminine form of Vivian219 in the US (2017)
  • Viviannalively or living; a form of Viviana178 in the US (2017)
  • Viviannlively, living; a form of Vivian34 in the US (2017)
  • Vivianelively, vibrant; a form of Vivian19 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Vivienne

Names that are said the same way as Vivienne, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Vivianalive, lively3,013 in the US (2017)
  • Vivyanlively, living; a form of Vivian9 in the US (2017)
  • Vyvianlively; a spelling variant of Vivian7 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean life

Like Vivienne, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Zoeylife6,034 in the US (2017)
  • Zoelife5,140 in the US (2017)
  • Evalife; form of Eve758 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Evielife; from Eve1,129 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Vivianalively, vigorous; feminine form of Vivian769 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Vivienne

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