Vivian
See also: vivían
English
Etymology
Early saints' name from Latin Vīviānus, and of its feminine form Vīviāna, probably from vīvus (“alive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪvi.ən/
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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.
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- 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.'
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- 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."
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Related terms
- Viv
- Viviana
- Viviane
- Vivien
- Vivienne
- Vyvyan
Translations
male given name
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female given name
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Danish
Proper noun
Vivian
- a female given name, equivalent to English Vivian
Estonian
Proper noun
Vivian
- a female given name, equivalent to English Vivian
Related terms
- Viive, Viivika, Viivi
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
Related terms
- Vivi-Ann, Vivi-Anne, Viviann, Vivianne