Vivien
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A female given name from Latin, an exclusively feminine spelling variant of Vivian
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈvɪviən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vivien is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- HUHungary1 in 323(measured from records)
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 872as Vivian
- NGNigeria≈1 in 1.2Kas Vivian
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Vivien itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #926 (measured from records)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 528 (measured from records)
- 1 in 323 (inferred from the name graph)
≈830,000 named Vivian, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Hungary
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Vivian in US United States, PH Philippines, NG Nigeria and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Latin Vivianus, from vivus ‘alive, living’.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
How Vivien is read(measured from records)
Vivien is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English44%
A female given name from Latin, an exclusively feminine spelling variant of Vivian.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Latin: see Vyvyan
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- French22%
From Latin Vivianus, from vivus ‘alive, living’.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Du latin vivus « vivant »; forme masculine de Viviane. Fête non indiquée ici.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Du latin Vivianus, dérivé de vivus « vivant ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- German12%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Vivien in German.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Vivien, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vivien 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈830,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Vivian | 74 |
| NG Nigeria | #312 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Vivian | 114 |
| US United States | #395 | 129,224as Vivian | 1 in 2.6K | 128K | Vivian | 528 |
| PH Philippines | #494 | ≈70,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Vivian | 116 |
| BR Brazil | — | 54,722as Vivian | 1 in 3.9K | 55K | — | 10 |
| HU Hungary | #122 | 30,268 | 1 in 323 | 30K | Vivien | 144 |
| HK Hong Kong | #107 | ≈8,300 est. | ≈1 in 872 | — | Vivian | 80 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025). 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)
Vivien is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
From Latin. See main dictionary. Vivienne § Feminine form of viviEN. x
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
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)
- Vivien Greeneb. 1904GBBritish writer (1904–2003)
- Vivien Thomasb. 1910USAmerican surgeon (1910-1985)
- Vivien Leighb. 1913GBBritish actress (1913–1967)
- Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshireb. 1920GBnot in their usual nameEnglish writer (1920–2014)
- Vivien Merchantb. 1929GBEnglish actress (1929-1982)
- Hayley Millsb. 1946GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (born 1946)
- Blue Angelb. 1988HUnot in their usual nameHungarian pornographic actress
- Vivien Endicott-Douglasb. 1990CACanadian actress
- Vivien Cardoneb. 1993USactress
- Vivien Lyra Blairb. 2012USAmerican actress
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)
Attested in 92 sources across 48 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2025 | 30K | #40 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.9K | #3,462 |
| HU Hungary | magyarnevek — given names by decade | 1997 | 1.3K | #1 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 335 | #18,408 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 331 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 330 | #17,785 |
| HU Hungary | KSH — births by given name | 2024 | 150 | — |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 newborn names (2020–2024) | 2024 | 150 | #76 |
| HU Hungary | magyarnevek.hu — Top-100 newborn given names 2025 (M+F) | 2025 | 127 | #81 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 108 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 91 | #3,462 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1990 | 40 | — |
Reference works 7
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- 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 are other forms of the name Vivien?
- In the etymology graph, Vivian, Vivi and Vivyan are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Where does the name Vivien come from?
- From Latin Vivianus, from vivus ‘alive, living’. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Vivien a male or female name?
- Vivien 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.
- How do you pronounce Vivien?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈvɪviən/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Vivien mean?
- In English, A female given name from Latin, an exclusively feminine spelling variant of Vivian.
- In which country does Vivien have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 833 thousand people named Vivian in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Vivien most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vivien is densest in Hungary — about 1 in 323 people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Vivien?
- In Hungary, the national register counted 30,268 people named Vivien in 2025, about 1 in 323 residents.
- How common is Vivien compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Vivien is the 107th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Vivien?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vivienThe 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, “Vivien” — the 107th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.