Worldwide, Vandiver (Vandiver 
) is a very rare principally boy's, but scarcely feminine forename. The first name Vandiver is characteristic of Northern America, particularly the United States, where it is an extremely rare primarily male, but very infrequently female name. Much more frequently, Vandiver is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Vandiver | Germany, Canada, United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom |
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murray vandiver American politician, US (b. 1845) |
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| pendleton vandiver American musician, US (b. 1869) |
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