Vivienne

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Vivian in US United States, GB United Kingdom, BR Brazil and 16 more, Vivien in HU Hungary, DE Germany, AT Austria and 1 more and ויויאן in IL Israel, FR France.

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 16 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◐

Vivienne is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name14K records spelled Vivienne20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Brazil, Philippines, United States

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Vivien, Viviënne, Vívien, Viviènne, Viviënnë

• a separate given name2.2K records spelled Vivienne3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, China

  Also written Viviënne, Viviènne

• Swahili given name859 records spelled Vivienne5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Africa, United States, United Kingdom, Kenya

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Viviénne

• Italian given name258 records spelled Vivienne3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Philippines

  Also written Vivien, Viviènne

• Russian given name195 records spelled Vivienne5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United Kingdom, United States, Ukraine, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Вивьенн, Вивиенне

51 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●

Vivienne is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• French feminine form of ) Vivien, popular also in the English-speaking world as an unambiguously female form of the name. Voirrey ° Manx form of Mary, representing the vocative form (cf. Irish Mhuire).

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A female given name from Latin borrowed from French, a variant of Vivian.

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

• In French, a female given name, masculine equivalent Vivien

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

• In French, Du latin vivus « vivant »; forme française de Viviane. Fête non indiquée ici.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 130 years between 1895–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliotb. 1888GBBritish poet (1888-1947)
• Vivienne Osborneb. 1896USAmerican actress (1896–1961)
• Vivienne Segalb. 1897USAmerican actress (1897-1992)
• Vivienne Westwoodb. 1941GBBritish fashion designer (1941–2022)
• Vivienne Chandlerb. 1947FRFrench actress (1947–2013)
• Patti Scialfab. 1953USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
• Vivienne Tamb. 1957USChinese fashion designer (born 1957)
• Viviënne van den Assemb. 1983NLDutch television presenter, television actor, actor and presenter
• Vivienne Acheampongb. 1984GBactress
• Vivienne Medranob. 1992USAmerican animator

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 · 613 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Vivienne?

We estimate roughly 235 thousand people bear Vivienne (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Vivienne have the most bearers?

We estimate about 128 thousand people bear Vivienne in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled vivian.

Where is Vivienne most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vivienne is densest in Hungary — about 1 in 323 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Vivienne compared with other names?

In the United States, Vivienne is the 388th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Vivienne a male or female name?

Vivienne 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 Vivienne mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin ‘living’; a French form, perhaps influenced by Celtic Ninian.