Vianney
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Latin Vivianus via French form, from vivus 'alive'
Used for both men and women, depending on the country· national registers that list names by sex disagree
- France (INSEE, 2024): listed as male
- United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female
- Venezuela (asosab): listed as female
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 28 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/bjannei/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Vianney is a given name used for both men and women, depending on the country, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.
- GAGabon≈1 in 7.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- CRCosta Rica1 in 11K
- MXMexico≈1 in 19K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 196 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈27,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Congo - Kinshasa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From Latin Vivianus via French form, from vivus 'alive'.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Where in the world
(measured from records)Vianney counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 4K | 1 | Vianney | 7 |
| MX Mexico | #966 | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 19K | 86 | Vianney | 125 |
| FR France | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 19K | 4.9K | Vianney | 5 |
| US United States | — | 2,515 | 1 in 132K | 2.3K | Vianney | 196 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Vianney | 10 |
| CR Costa Rica | #326 | 465 | 1 in 11K | 465 | Vianney | 19 |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | 13 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Vianney is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, French surname and given name from place-name Vienne; popularized by Saint John Vianney.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Patronymic name from Jean-Marie Vianney.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Patronymique francais, associe a Jean-Marie Vianney; origine du nom de famille incertaine.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
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.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Vianney Décarieb. 1917CACanadian philosopher (1917–2009)
- John O'Loughlinb. 1948IEnot in their usual nameresearcher and geography professor
- Vianney Lebasqueb. 1953FRFrench writer, director and producer
- Vianney Piveteaub. 1953FRFrench linguist
- Vianney Mulliezb. 1963FRFrench businessperson
- Vianney Dequiedtb. 1975FRPh.D. Université de Toulouse 2002
- Vianney Lebouteillerb. 1979FRFrench astrophysicist
- Vianney Mabidéb. 1988CFCentral African Republic footballer
- Vianneyb. 1991FRFrench singer-songwriter
- Chris Bediab. 1996CInot in their usual nameIvorian association football player
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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)45 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 4.9K | #1,014 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.3K | #6,394 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 465 | #876 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 177 | #6,394 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 142 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 141 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 132 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 126 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 123 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 120 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 120 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 115 | — |
Reference works 4
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Vianney mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin Vivianus via French form, from vivus 'alive'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- How do you pronounce Vianney?
- In Spanish /bjannei/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Vianney a male or female name?
- Vianney is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: France (INSEE, 2024): listed as male; United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female; Venezuela (asosab): listed as female. We don't publish a percentage split.
- In which country does Vianney have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 27 thousand people named Vianney in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vianney.
- How common is the name Vianney?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,515 people named Vianney in 2020, about 1 in 132 thousand residents.
- How common is Vianney compared with other names?
- In Costa Rica, Vianney is the 326th most common given name of 15,284 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Vianney?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vianneyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vianney” — the 326th most common given name in Costa Rica. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.