Wiwiana
From Latin, the name means "alive, full of life". Most Poles have never met a Wiwiana: only about 156 carry it, every one of them a woman.
Wiwiana Pronunciation
Wiwiana is pronounced veev-YAH-nah (/vivˈjana/).
What Wiwiana means
Where Wiwiana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Wiwiana comes from Latin, from the adjective vivus, alive. That root gives the meaning directly: żywa, pełna życia, living. The sense sits at the origin, not attached later.
The name traces to a Roman family, the gens Vivius, and to the feminine form Viviana. Polish took it up as Wiwiana, and the variant Wiwianna stands beside it. The two forms sound alike. On a school register a girl may write either, one W or two n.
The meaning does not drift.
In the Polish calendar her imieniny fall on 2 December, the feast of Saint Bibiana, a third-century martyr the name is tied to. A second date, 28 February, also carries it. What stays fixed is the Latin core, vivus, alive.
How many people are named Wiwiana
1 in 144512 women in Poland is named Wiwiana. 156 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2590 among female names.
Wiwiana's popularity over time
5 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #975 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2012.
Where Wiwiana is most popular
Wiwiana is most popular in Pomeranian, 389% above the national average (3 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Kuyavian-Pomeranian (+339%) and Silesian (+111%).
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Pomeranian3 girls born+389%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 girls born+339%
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Silesian2 girls born+111%
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Masovian2 girls born+36%
Wiwiana as a middle name
Wiwiana is a first name for 156 women in Poland and a middle name for another 30, an 84/16 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1297th, between Wieslawa (30) and Adaeze (29).
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#1295 Thi30
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#1296 Wieslawa30
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#1297 Wiwiana30
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#1298 Adaeze29
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#1299 Adria29