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Vivien

From a Latin root meaning "alive, full of life". The name stays rare in Poland: most people here have never met a Vivien, and the handful who carry it are all girls.

Vivien Pronunciation

Alive in 2025
611
Newborns 2025
9
National rank
#1210

What Vivien means

Where Vivien comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Vivien traces back to the Latin Vivianus, a name grown from the adjective vivus, meaning "alive." Roman families used it, and the sense of vitality traveled with it into French, where Vivien settled as its home. The short meaning stays close to the root: alive, full of life.

France gave the name a face. Saint Vivien of Saintes, a fifth-century bishop, is one documented bearer, and his cult kept the name in use across the west of the country. So Vivien reached readers of French with a saint attached and a meaning intact.

In a Polish class register, Vivien now sits among names borrowed from French. The spelling is foreign, the meaning is not. Whoever carries it carries the Latin vivus, alive.

How many people are named Vivien

1 in 37263 women in Poland is named Vivien. 611 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1210 among female names.

People with the name Vivien 2019 → 2025
611 +190 since 2019
2020 445 +24
2021 473 +28
2022 511 +38
2023 544 +33
2024 577 +33
2025 611 +34

Vivien's popularity over time

9 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #755 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.

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9 newborns with the name Vivien in 2025
national rank #755 that year

Where Vivien is most popular

Vivien is most popular in Lubusz, 318% above the national average (5 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Opole (+261%) and Pomeranian (+154%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Łódź, 63% and 34% below average respectively.

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Vivien as a middle name

Vivien is a first name for 611 women in Poland and a middle name for another 112, an 85/15 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 628th, between Leila (112) and Wera (112).

As a first name
611
As a middle name
112
first name 85% middle name 15%
Middle-name ranking women

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