Vyvyan
Vivian is a given name, and less often a surname, derived from a Latin name of the Roman Empire period, masculine Vivianus and feminine Viviana, which survived into modern use because it is the name of two early Christian female martyrs as well as of a male saint and bishop.
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Meaning & Origin of Vyvyan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vivian is a given name, and less often a surname, derived from a Latin name of the Roman Empire period, masculine Vivianus and feminine Viviana, which survived into modern use because it is the name of two early Christian female martyrs as well as of a male saint and bishop.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Vyvyan
The earliest SSA record of Vyvyan as a baby girl name dates back to 1919, when 8 babies received it. 1919 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Vyvyan — #3,452 in the national rankings. About 49% of every Vyvyan on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Vyvyan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 37 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Vyvyan
Vyvyan is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 37 births in the dataset. Vyvyan's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #3,452. Use the chart and map above to compare Vyvyan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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