Vivienne
Meaning of Vivienne
Vivienne—originally the French refinement of the Latin Vivianus, itself drawn from vivus, “alive”—carries a quiet assurance that has allowed it to glide through centuries of use without gathering dust: from medieval Arthurian romance, where a Vivien/Viviane enchants as the Lady of the Lake, to the modern catwalks shaped by the late British designer Vivienne Westwood’s subversive elegance. In the United States, the name hovered modestly outside the Top 700 for much of the 20th century, then, rather like a sleeper stock, began a steady climb in the early 2000s, cresting into today’s mid-hundreds—proof that classic polish can still feel freshly minted. It offers parents Anglo-French sophistication, a built-in celebration of vitality, and just enough pop-culture shorthand (think Leigh’s timeless Scarlett O’Hara, Jolie-Pitt’s chic daughter, or Westwood’s punk-meets-pearls legacy) to satisfy both the romantic and the pragmatist. In short, Vivienne is a name that manages to feel simultaneously heirloom and headline: graceful on the birth certificate, spirited on the playground, and undeniably “alive” in every sense of the word.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as vi-vee-EHN (/vɪ.vi.ˈɛn/)
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Notable People Named Vivienne
| English designer Dame Vivienne Westwood helped bring punk and new wave into the mainstream and was named the fourth most influential British artist of the past 50 years by Sky Arts in 2022. |
| Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot was the first wife of T. S. Eliot, marrying him in 1915 after a brief courtship while she worked as a Cambridge governess and he studied at Oxford. |
| Vivienne Medrano, known as VivziePop, is an American animator and YouTuber who created Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, and the webcomic ZooPhobia. |
| Vivienne Tam is a New York City based fashion designer born in Guangzhou, China, who moved to Hong Kong at age three and studied at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. |
| Vivienne Sonia Segal was a notable American actress and singer. |
| Vivienne van den Assem - Vivienne Linette van den Assem is a Dutch actress and television presenter. |
| Vivienne Parry is a British science journalist and author, head of engagement at Genomics England, known for presenting the BBC programs Tomorrows World and Panorama and for her regular Guardian online contributions. |
| Vivienne Jill McAuliffe was an English singer and songwriter best known as lead singer of the jazz rock band Affinity, a founding member of Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, and a collaborator with Patrick Moraz and Gerry Rafferty on the number one album City to City. |
| Vivienne Sze is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist at MIT who leads research on energy-efficient hardware-software co-design for video coding and deep neural networks. |
| Vivienne Benesch is a theatre director and former Chautauqua Theatre artistic director who has led PlayMakers Repertory Company in North Carolina since 2016, championing women playwrights through its At Play program. |
| Vivienne Harris was a British businesswoman, publisher and journalist who cofounded the Jewish Telegraph in December 1950 with her husband Frank Harris, whom she married in 1949. |
| Dame Vivienne Cox is a British businesswoman who chairs the supervisory board of Vallourec, a French multinational steel components company. |
| Vivienne Traynor is an Irish journalist with RTE, serving as courts reporter and a relief presenter for the One O Clock News, Six One News, and Nine O Clock News. |
| Vivienne Robertson is a former New Zealand international footballer. |
