Vivien Forename
11,175th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 90,268 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Central African Republic
Vivien Forename Definition:
A female name. Tennyson in his Vivien and Merlin used this form for French Vivienne, the name of the Lady of the Lake. The name probably originated in misreading of MS Ninian a Celtic name (see Ninian). Viviana, which is found in medieval records, is a f.
Read More About This ForenameVivien Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 14,972 | 1:3,714 | 472 |
| Central African Republic | - | 14,267 | 1:316 | 117 |
| Hungary | 100% | 10,118 | 1:968 | 136 |
| United States | 100% | 5,360 | 1:67,637 | 3,425 |
| Philippines | 97% | 4,251 | 1:24,938 | 2,383 |
| France | 100% | 3,827 | 1:17,369 | 837 |
| Madagascar | 50% | 2,721 | 1:8,684 | 1,463 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 2,448 | 1:72,534 | 4,624 |
| Zambia | - | 2,291 | 1:6,920 | 868 |
| Congo | 100% | 2,125 | 1:2,357 | 380 |
| Germany | 98% | 1,830 | 1:52,829 | 1,486 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,517 | 1:170,049 | 17,106 |
| Cameroon | 82% | 1,381 | 1:15,648 | 1,559 |
| South Africa | 85% | 1,342 | 1:40,635 | 4,455 |
| Canada | 88% | 1,199 | 1:27,634 | 2,261 |
| Australia | - | 1,112 | 1:12,282 | 1,054 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,098 | 1:27,732 | 2,617 |
| Gabon | - | 1,082 | 1:1,741 | 413 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,069 | 1:5,005 | 487 |
| China | - | 1,062 | 1:1,286,305 | 37,584 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 1,007 | 1:73,314 | 4,244 |
| Benin | 53% | 935 | 1:11,311 | 1,471 |
| Ethiopia | 58% | 925 | 1:105,470 | 7,385 |
| Ghana | 100% | 899 | 1:30,018 | 1,918 |
| Romania | 51% | 892 | 1:22,480 | 1,554 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 728 | 1:2,532 | 384 |
| Malawi | 100% | 677 | 1:25,277 | 2,122 |
| Brazil | 56% | 630 | 1:340,057 | 12,688 |
| Wales | 100% | 624 | 1:4,959 | 592 |
| New Zealand | - | 549 | 1:8,262 | 944 |
| Singapore | 100% | 508 | 1:12,376 | 2,548 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 488 | 1:34,635 | 2,717 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Kenya | 100% | 402 | 1:115,192 | 5,731 |
| Hong Kong | - | 371 | 1:20,897 | 2,152 |
| Czechia | 99% | 367 | 1:29,036 | 673 |
| Egypt | 100% | 304 | 1:302,306 | 9,724 |
| Thailand | 81% | 261 | 1:268,451 | 15,837 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 237 | 1:97,367 | 5,992 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 177 | 1:46,058 | 4,456 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 152 | 1:54,036 | 2,291 |
| Ireland | 82% | 149 | 1:31,165 | 1,259 |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 137 | 1:112,583 | 7,928 |
| Suriname | 100% | 132 | 1:4,188 | 917 |
| Ecuador | - | 125 | 1:141,815 | 2,900 |
| Burkina Faso | 92% | 123 | 1:149,427 | 7,294 |
| Peru | 100% | 123 | 1:258,467 | 6,055 |
| Spain | 100% | 100 | 1:465,300 | 6,114 |
| Italy | 99% | 99 | 1:616,789 | 6,197 |
| Belgium | 100% | 96 | 1:119,688 | 3,776 |
| Brunei | - | 94 | 1:4,464 | 441 |
| Uganda | 98% | 91 | 1:450,076 | 10,922 |
| Austria | 100% | 78 | 1:109,156 | 2,203 |
| India | 66% | 78 | 1:15,575,359 | 401,582 |
| Chile | 98% | 75 | 1:234,763 | 3,994 |
| Liberia | 96% | 72 | 1:61,279 | 3,055 |
| Qatar | 100% | 72 | 1:32,911 | 4,385 |
| Sweden | 94% | 69 | 1:142,868 | 5,563 |
| Jamaica | - | 65 | 1:44,357 | 2,624 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 63 | 1:377,297 | 24,619 |
| Denmark | - | 60 | 1:94,158 | 2,776 |
| Rwanda | - | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Botswana | - | 47 | 1:46,478 | 4,592 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Norway | 100% | 44 | 1:116,644 | 3,576 |
| Russia | 100% | 44 | 1:3,278,039 | 18,568 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Colombia | - | 41 | 1:1,165,340 | 12,448 |
| Venezuela | 61% | 40 | 1:755,047 | 17,770 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Senegal | 100% | 34 | 1:428,863 | 6,020 |
| Croatia | 100% | 31 | 1:136,035 | 2,865 |
| Honduras | 68% | 29 | 1:304,051 | 5,793 |
| Mexico | 100% | 28 | 1:4,433,730 | 18,735 |
| Slovakia | 84% | 23 | 1:230,872 | 1,448 |
| Jersey | - | 21 | 1:4,761 | 588 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 20 | 1:122,938 | 3,134 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Greece | 75% | 18 | 1:607,475 | 7,461 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 18 | 1:75,634 | 5,830 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 17 | 1:425,694 | 4,581 |
| Argentina | 100% | 16 | 1:2,673,328 | 8,808 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 16 | 1:447,000 | 16,807 |
| Macau | - | 14 | 1:43,444 | 529 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 13 | 1:366,765 | 6,353 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 12 | 1:47,004 | 1,881 |
| Uruguay | 67% | 12 | 1:285,636 | 4,451 |
| South Korea | - | 11 | 1:504,038 | 12,654 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 10 | 1:355,030 | 3,308 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Albania | 89% | 8 | 1:380,821 | 15,237 |
| Finland | 77% | 8 | 1:685,398 | 7,121 |
| Guyana | 100% | 8 | 1:95,408 | 7,334 |
| Serbia | - | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Israel | 67% | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 5 | 1:7,571 | 562 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Tanzania | 50% | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saint Lucia | 50% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 3 | 1:193,652 | 6,393 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Kazakhstan | 50% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Viviën (6), Vívien (4) & Vivién (2) are calculated separately.
Vivien (5,730) may also be a surname.
Vivien Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Tennyson in his Vivien and Merlin used this form for French Vivienne, the name of the Lady of the Lake. The name probably originated in misreading of MS Ninian a Celtic name (see Ninian). Viviana, which is found in medieval records, is a f. form of the man’s name Vivian (q.v.).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Occasionally f. This was originally a French form of Vivian, of which the f. is Vivienne. Notably in Tennyson’s Merlin and Vivien, 1859, but as an unscrupulous wench and ‘designing hussy’.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Vivien Forename Popularity
Vivien Demographics
Vivien Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,074 (2014)
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Vivien Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vivien in the Russian language | ||
| Вивиен | vivien | - |
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