THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Vivian
Vivian is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Vivian Solon, Vivian Velez. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Early saints' name from Latin Vīviānus, and of its feminine form Vīviāna, probably from vīvus (“alive”).
A male given name from Latin.; A female given name from Latin.
Wiktionary: Vivian (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Vivian
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Vivian Solon
Australian unlawfully deported to the Philippines
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Vivian Velez
Filipino actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
5
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Vivian Solon, Vivian Velez
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Vivian in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Vivian
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Vivien·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lilian♂♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Vivino·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Adrian♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Brian♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Damian♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Damián♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Dorian♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Vivian?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Vivian further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q650494 — Vivian (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Vivian Solon (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q650494 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Vivian Velez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q650494 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Vivian (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.