Vivi

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Vivi is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Danish given name38K records spelled Vivi24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway, Germany

  Languages: Danish, English, German

  Also written Viví, Vi-Vi, Vivì, Vîvî, Vìví

• Indonesian given name38K records spelled Vivi4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, India, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Vivi, Vivì

• Spanish given name25K records spelled Vivi13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Viví, Vívi, Vîvî, Vìví, Vivì

• French given name7.0K records spelled Vivi10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

  Also written Vi-Vi, Vïvï, Vîvî, Viví, Vîvï

• Finnish given name4.4K records spelled Vivi6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, India, United States, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Vivì, Vîvî, Viví, Vïví

• Hungarian given name964 records spelled Vivi2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, Slovenia, United States, India

  Also written Viví

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Vivi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• English and Scandinavian: feminine pet form of VIVIAN or VIVIEN .

  as a word

• In tao, lip(s)

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Galician, first-person singular preterite indicative of viver

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In fj, to wrap up, as a mat; to bind, as a bandage

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Latin, present passive infinitive of vīvō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 82 years between 1916–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Vivi Laurent-Täckholmb. 1898SESwedish botanist (1898-1978)
• Vivi Janissb. 1911USAmerican actress (1911-1988)
• Vivi Gioib. 1914ITItalian actress
• Vivi Bachb. 1939DKDanish actress and singer (1939–2013)
• Vivi Berensb. 1961DKDanish pornographic actress and nude model
• Vivi Friedmanb. 1967FIFinnish filmmaker (1967–2012)
• Vivi Leeb. 1976TWTaiwanese actress
• Vivi Miaob. 1988CNChinese actress
• Vivi Jiangb. 1988CNsinger
• Vivi PinedaUSAmerican film director

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 463 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Vivi?

We estimate roughly 8.8 thousand people bear Vivi (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Vivi have the most bearers?

Vivi is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled vivi.

Where is Vivi most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vivi is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 1.5 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

Is Vivi a male or female name?

Vivi is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Vivi mean?

Recorded meaning: Vivi är ursprungligen en smekform till → Vivianne och andra namn innehållande ljudföljden -vi-, t.ex.