Viviana
From Latin *vivus*, "alive", the name reads plainly as the living woman. Fewer than 300 women in Poland carry it, and after a quiet stretch the newborns are climbing again.
Viviana Pronunciation
What Viviana means
Where Viviana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Viviana comes from the Latin adjective vivus, meaning alive or living. Latin built a small cluster of names on that root, and Viviana is the one that reads, plainly, as the living woman. The Polish sense keeps that pulse: pełna życia, żywa.
The name settled in the Catholic south. In Italy and Spain it has been spoken and written for centuries, linked to Saint Bibiana, a Roman martyr also known as Viviana, whose feast falls on the second of December. The older spelling Bibiana points to the same woman, since Latin b and v drifted together over time. That gave Viviana a fixed square on the calendar. Its day is set.
It carries no settled Polish nickname, so it stays whole. Picture a school register in early December, Viviana copied out in a careful hand near the top. The meaning sits right on the surface: alive, living.
How many people are named Viviana
1 in 78006 women in Poland is named Viviana. 289 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1784 among female names.
Viviana's popularity over time
9 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #754 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2007.
Where Viviana is most popular
Viviana is most popular in Lubusz, 1351% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Subcarpathian (+497%) and Pomeranian (+389%).
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Lubusz2 girls born+1351%
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Subcarpathian2 girls born+497%
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Pomeranian2 girls born+389%
Viviana as a middle name
Viviana is a first name for 289 women in Poland and a middle name for another 145, a 67/33 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 544th, between Przemysława (145) and Marieta (143).
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#542 Hana147
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#543 Przemysława145
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#544 Viviana145
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#545 Marieta143
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#546 Margarete142