Vivianus Forename

624,169th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Vivianus 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.

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Vivianus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania
100%
1781:296,56410,422
Cameroon
100%
161:1,350,65632,647
Indonesia-81:32,245,458686,574
Nigeria
100%
31:59,188,120318,216
South Africa
100%
21:27,266,324304,698
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
United States-11:362,536,9771,167,197

Vivianus (10) may also be a surname.

Vivianus 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

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