Entry № 11375 · Swedish origin

Viveca Viveca — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ vih-VEK-uh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Swedish
Meaning
"Alive / lively (Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Swedish)

A name that means "alive / lively (viveca lindfors, swedish actress)".

Viveca is the Swedish form of Vivian — from the Latin vivus (alive, lively). Viveca Sten (born 1959) — Swedish crime novelist; Sandhamn Mysteries series (since 2008) sold 5+ million copies worldwide; the books were adapted into the Swedish TV series Sandhamn Murders (since 2010) — one of Sweden's most-popular crime dramas. Princess Viveca of Sweden — Swedish royal heritage.

Alive / lively.

The name in its native script.

Viveca
Transliteration
Viveca
Pronunciation
/ vɪˈvɛk.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Viveca stands.

Viveca 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.

Vivecas before her.

Real people
Viveca Lindfors
Swedish-American actress.
1920 – 1995
Viveca Sten
Swedish Sandhamn Mysteries author.
born 1959
Viveca Paulin Ferrell
Swedish-American actress + Will Ferrell's wife.
born 1969
In fiction
Viveca
Modern American naming.

Names connected to Viveca.

The number behind Viveca.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Viveca reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.