Around the world, Liven (利文 
, Liven 
, Ливен 
) is a common epicene first name. The forename Liven is habitual in China, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Cuba, where it is a rare boy's name, and Philippines, where it is a very rare epicene name. Much less frequently, Liven is the last name as well as the forename.