Entry № 11384 · French origin

Vivienne Vivienne — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ VIV-ee-en /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"Alive, lively"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "alive, lively".

Vivienne is the French feminine of Vivien — from the Latin vivus, meaning "alive" or "lively." The name has been used in France for centuries and entered English via Norman influence.

Vivienne entered the U.S. top 1000 in 2009 and has climbed rapidly. Today it sits in the U.S. top 300.

Alive, lively — a French name.

The name in its native script.

Vivienne
Transliteration
Vivienne
Pronunciation
/ ˈvɪv.i.ən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vivienne stands.

Vivienne 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.

Viviennes before her.

Real people
Dame Vivienne Westwood
British fashion designer.
1941 – 2022
Vivienne Jolie-Pitt
Daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
born 2008
In fiction
Vivian
Lady of the Lake in some Arthurian traditions.
Medieval

Names connected to Vivienne.

The number behind Vivienne.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vivienne reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.