Entry № 1470 · Latin origin

Bibiana Bibiana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bee-bee-AH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Lively (Roman virgin martyr)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "lively (roman virgin martyr)".

Bibiana (Vivian) is the Latin feminine of vivus (alive, lively). Saint Bibiana was the Roman virgin martyr (d. c. Her basilica on the Esquiline is among Rome's oldest.

In Mexico, popularly invoked against hangovers.

Lively. Roman virgin martyr; patron of the hungover.

The name in its native script.

Bibiana
Transliteration
Bibiana
Pronunciation
/ ˌbɪ.biˈɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Bibiana stands.

Bibiana does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Bibianas before her.

Real people
Saint Bibiana
Roman virgin martyr.
d. c. 363
In fiction
Bibiana
Common in Spanish/Italian fiction.

Names connected to Bibiana.

The number behind Bibiana.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bibiana reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.