Vivian Forename
1,153rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 813,294 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Aruba
Vivian Forename Definition:
A male name. Latin Vivianus, derivative of vivus ‘alive’. St Vivianus was a 5th-C martyr, who sometimes appears as Bibianus. The name is found in England from the 12th C, but has never been common. In the Middle Ages it was sometimes spelt Phythian, Fithian, &c.
Read More About This ForenameVivian Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 179,112 | 1:2,024 | 395 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 122,934 | 1:1,444 | 261 |
| Kenya | 100% | 105,457 | 1:439 | 79 |
| Philippines | 99% | 69,902 | 1:1,517 | 311 |
| Ghana | 100% | 54,444 | 1:496 | 116 |
| Brazil | 100% | 52,472 | 1:4,083 | 574 |
| Cuba | - | 20,265 | 1:568 | 142 |
| South Africa | 67% | 17,680 | 1:3,084 | 576 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 12,790 | 1:1,690 | 339 |
| Canada | 100% | 12,409 | 1:2,670 | 508 |
| Tanzania | 93% | 11,462 | 1:4,606 | 768 |
| Zambia | - | 10,809 | 1:1,467 | 303 |
| Egypt | 98% | 9,196 | 1:9,994 | 939 |
| England | 74% | 8,421 | 1:6,603 | 619 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 7,997 | 1:2,014 | 361 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 7,045 | 1:2,399 | 466 |
| Uganda | 98% | 7,015 | 1:5,838 | 685 |
| China | - | 5,565 | 1:245,473 | 18,757 |
| Liberia | 99% | 5,096 | 1:866 | 168 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4,759 | 1:7,944 | 1,117 |
| Colombia | 100% | 4,040 | 1:11,826 | 991 |
| Chile | 98% | 3,754 | 1:4,690 | 490 |
| Zimbabwe | 77% | 3,710 | 1:4,157 | 686 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 3,698 | 1:2,867 | 552 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,639 | 1:792 | 204 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3,444 | 1:8,769 | 978 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 3,261 | 1:1,462 | 287 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 3,159 | 1:9,639 | 1,105 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,792 | 1:92,394 | 10,538 |
| Denmark | - | 2,736 | 1:2,065 | 340 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,681 | 1:3,891 | 591 |
| Australia | - | 2,667 | 1:5,121 | 668 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,040 | 1:15,104 | 2,092 |
| Argentina | 96% | 2,026 | 1:21,112 | 941 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,931 | 1:2,658 | 429 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,897 | 1:1,872 | 239 |
| Israel | 98% | 1,766 | 1:4,758 | 813 |
| Mexico | 92% | 1,747 | 1:71,061 | 2,196 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,735 | 1:55,722 | 1,527 |
| Wales | 63% | 1,719 | 1:1,800 | 344 |
| Peru | 95% | 1,673 | 1:19,003 | 1,559 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,604 | 1:5,497 | 704 |
| India | 85% | 1,601 | 1:758,824 | 54,025 |
| Malawi | 76% | 1,481 | 1:11,555 | 1,234 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,435 | 1:5,403 | 448 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 1,390 | 1:5,865 | 608 |
| Angola | - | 1,215 | 1:22,195 | 1,764 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,181 | 1:3,308 | 625 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 1,142 | 1:6,337 | 801 |
| Ireland | 74% | 1,107 | 1:4,195 | 454 |
| France | 98% | 876 | 1:75,879 | 1,904 |
| Spain | 100% | 809 | 1:57,515 | 2,157 |
| New Zealand | - | 772 | 1:5,876 | 772 |
| Singapore | 96% | 758 | 1:8,294 | 1,560 |
| Ecuador | - | 723 | 1:24,519 | 1,296 |
| Sweden | 99% | 662 | 1:14,891 | 1,149 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 648 | 1:5,290 | 509 |
| Taiwan | 87% | 625 | 1:38,031 | 6,168 |
| Namibia | - | 621 | 1:3,871 | 625 |
| Scotland | 86% | 621 | 1:8,616 | 647 |
| Belgium | 98% | 597 | 1:19,246 | 1,513 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 592 | 1:981 | 188 |
| Thailand | 99% | 590 | 1:118,756 | 9,426 |
| Suriname | 100% | 559 | 1:989 | 191 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Botswana | 89% | 491 | 1:4,449 | 748 |
| Nicaragua | 65% | 462 | 1:13,027 | 1,208 |
| Greece | 100% | 433 | 1:25,253 | 1,149 |
| Qatar | 79% | 429 | 1:5,524 | 882 |
| Kuwait | - | 361 | 1:10,485 | 1,245 |
| Northern Ireland | 71% | 359 | 1:5,134 | 576 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 351 | 1:444 | 117 |
| Portugal | - | 351 | 1:29,661 | 1,231 |
| Italy | 99% | 348 | 1:175,466 | 2,631 |
| Guyana | 100% | 316 | 1:2,415 | 475 |
| Mauritius | - | 303 | 1:4,283 | 714 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 272 | 1:30,197 | 1,719 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 263 | 1:5,176 | 890 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 261 | 1:27,402 | 2,691 |
| Guam | - | 255 | 1:630 | 110 |
| Aruba | - | 250 | 1:415 | 37 |
| Romania | 100% | 240 | 1:83,550 | 3,907 |
| DR Congo | 70% | 212 | 1:348,243 | 13,378 |
| Barbados | - | 189 | 1:1,533 | 359 |
| Estonia | 100% | 188 | 1:6,997 | 934 |
| Japan | - | 184 | 1:695,576 | 12,863 |
| Finland | 100% | 181 | 1:30,294 | 1,351 |
| El Salvador | - | 154 | 1:41,180 | 1,466 |
| Congo | 96% | 152 | 1:32,955 | 2,860 |
| Bahamas | - | 150 | 1:2,662 | 543 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 115 | 1:954 | 188 |
| Belize | 100% | 114 | 1:3,108 | 706 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 108 | 1:857,621 | 2,503 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 107 | 1:511 | 80 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 90 | 1:1,030 | 246 |
| Austria | 100% | 89 | 1:95,665 | 2,058 |
| Russia | 95% | 86 | 1:1,677,136 | 12,004 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 67 | 1:1,484 | 320 |
| Bulgaria | 85% | 62 | 1:112,748 | 3,783 |
| Czechia | 91% | 61 | 1:174,691 | 1,491 |
| South Korea | - | 58 | 1:95,593 | 4,958 |
| Albania | 67% | 56 | 1:54,403 | 4,789 |
| Saint Lucia | 63% | 52 | 1:3,420 | 605 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74% | 49 | 1:2,277 | 426 |
| Croatia | 100% | 41 | 1:102,856 | 2,483 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:822 | 162 |
| Grenada | 81% | 37 | 1:2,922 | 563 |
| Gambia | - | 36 | 1:53,517 | 339 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Bermuda | - | 30 | 1:2,161 | 469 |
| Benin | 100% | 29 | 1:364,684 | 13,715 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 27 | 1:20,891 | 1,222 |
| Hungary | 98% | 25 | 1:391,671 | 1,580 |
| Macau | - | 25 | 1:24,328 | 404 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Turkey | 100% | 25 | 1:3,112,068 | 17,810 |
| Senegal | 100% | 24 | 1:607,556 | 7,223 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 22 | 1:111,762 | 3,014 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:2,339 | 473 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 21 | 1:2,612 | 559 |
| Lesotho | 92% | 19 | 1:107,368 | 9,037 |
| Greenland | - | 17 | 1:3,316 | 507 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| Pakistan | 96% | 16 | 1:12,147,355 | 77,853 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 13 | 1:1,020 | 161 |
| Jordan | - | 13 | 1:678,983 | 4,513 |
| Monaco | 100% | 13 | 1:2,959 | 566 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 13 | 1:2,670 | 563 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Ivory Coast | 83% | 9 | 1:2,563,993 | 53,027 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Syria | - | 8 | 1:2,413,259 | 4,659 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 7 | 1:75,593 | 2,885 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Moldova | - | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 5 | 1:3,675,894 | 52,713 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Iceland | 75% | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
The alternate forms: Vívian (293), Vivían (28), Vivián (28) & Viviàn (2) are calculated separately.
Vivian (26,652) may also be a surname.
Vivian Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Latin Vivianus, derivative of vivus ‘alive’. St Vivianus was a 5th-C martyr, who sometimes appears as Bibianus. The name is found in England from the 12th C, but has never been common. In the Middle Ages it was sometimes spelt Phythian, Fithian, &c.
Vivianus Curia Regis Rolls 1199-1210, Hundred Rolls 1273. Vivian Major Church Registers of St. Columb Major 1574. Fithian Hundred Rolls 1273. Fithian or Vivian Cheshire 1514, Phytheon Wills at Chester 1545-1720 1582.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Rarely f. From Latin Vivianus, and Viviana, from vita, life, via Vivia Perpetua, the noble young matron and martyr (203) canonized as St. Perpetua. For the etymology, cf. both Virgil and Virginia.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
VYVIAN. A Cornish name derived from locality, from vy-vian, the small water. See Charnock’s Patronymica Cornu-Britanuica.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Latin name, meaning: Lively.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Latin name, meaning: Animated.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Vivian Forename Popularity
Vivian Demographics
Average Vivian Salary in
United States
$39,466 USD
Per year
Rank:
260,005 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0499166
Rank: 392 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
90.67%
Sample size: 104,265 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Vivian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vivian in the Russian language | ||
| Вивиан | vivian | - |
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