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Vivian name meaning

“alive”

Letters
6
Syllables
3
First letter
V
Origin
Latin
Category
Western Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 1990s: 8.4%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s8.4%
2000s–
2010s–

Meaning lifeLatin origin

Vivian is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning 'alive'.

What does Vivian mean?

Alive

In Malay: hidup

#Life

Sources (1)

About the name Vivian

Vivian comes from Latin Vivianus, from vivus, 'alive'. In English it has been used for men since the Middle Ages; its use for women is modern, either an Anglicized form of Bébinn or a variant of Vivien. JPN records show it peaking in the 1990s with 839 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginLatin
SyllablesViv-i-an

Vivian in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
Girl: 839 · 8.4%
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Vivian as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Vivian · behindthename.com · meaning

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