# Viviane (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/viviane/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “living” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvɪviən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,014 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,014 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Viviane, from Latin vivus (“living”).

## What it means

Viviane is grouped under life.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 7,415 |
| 2012 | 13 | 9,091 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,584 |
| 2014 | 31 | 4,650 |
| 2015 | 30 | 4,719 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4,981 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,275 |
| 2018 | 22 | 5,774 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,784 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,476 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,160 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,209 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,736 |
| 2024 | 32 | 4,466 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,544 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

## People named Viviane

- Viviane Romance, French actress (1912–1991)
- Viviane Asseyi, Association footballer
- Viviane Forest, Canadian multi-sport Paralympian
- Viviane Forrester, French writer (1925–2013)
- Viviane Sassen, Dutch photographer (born 1972)
- Viviane Wade, First lady of Senegal
- Viviane de Muynck, Belgian actress (born 1946)
- Viviane Victorette, actress
- Viviane Senna, Brazilian businesswoman
- Lizzo, American singer and rapper (born 1988)
- Pocah, Brazilian singer
- Viv Albertine, British musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.