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English
Etymology
Early saints' name from Latin Vīviānus, and of its feminine form Vīviāna, probably from vīvus (“alive”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vivian
- A male given name from Latin.
1942, Caroline Mytinger, Headhunting in the Solomon Islands, Macmillan, page 13:Of the you're-going-to-get-it-anyway faction was a young Australian on board by the name, so help me, of Vivian Nankervis. - - - And he was beautiful, even with a name like Vivian; moreover, he had never been ill a day in his life.
- A female given name from Latin.
1990, Paul Theroux, Chicago Loop, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, →ISBN, page 70:'What's your name?' 'Vivian.' 'Isn't that one of the names that mean something?' She said, 'It means my mother used to go to the movies.'
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
1827, Benjamin Disraeli, Vivian Grey, E. L. Carey and A. Hart (1837), page 117:"Mr. Grey," asked her ladyship, "are you of Dorsetshire?" "My mother is a Dorsetshire woman; her family name is Vivian, which name I also bear - Sir Hargrave Vivian, of Chester Grange."
Translations
Danish
Proper noun
Vivian
- a female given name, equivalent to English Vivian
Estonian
Proper noun
Vivian
- a female given name, equivalent to English Vivian
Norwegian
Proper noun
Vivian
- a female given name, equivalent to English Vivian
Swedish
Proper noun
Vivian c (genitive Vivians)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Vivian