Viviana
Viviana is a female given name, from which the better known first name Viviane is derived, and which is related to the male form Vivian . The origin of the name can be found in the Etruscan language and means something like "alive" (also Latin vivus ). The "Viviana" version described here, however, comes from Italian and is possibly based on the Latin martyr name Vivianus .
There are also the following versions:
- Viviane, most used form. German French.
- Vivian, male and female first name. English.
- Vivian, feminine form of Viviane. German.
- Vivien , female and male first name. French English.
- Vivienne, female first name, French.
- Vivianus, old original form. Latin.
- Vivianne, female name.
- Bibiana , after the second sound shift around 600 AD.
Name bearers
Vivian
- Vivian Schmitt (* 1978), German body-centered actress
Viviana
- Viviana Grisafi (* 1998), German pop singer
- Viviana Martínez-Tosar (* 1960), Argentine artist
Viviane
- Viviane (comic artist) (* 1983), Swiss comic artist
- Viviane Egli (* 1956), Swiss writer
- Viviane Forrester (1925–2013), French writer, essayist and literary critic
- Viviane Geppert (* 1991), German television presenter
- Viviane Greene (1918–1994), American R&B and jazz musician
- Viviane Hagner (* 1976), German violinist
- Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), British actress
- Viviane N'Dour (* 1959), Senegalese singer
- Viviane Parra (* 1972), Portuguese singer
- Viviane Reding (* 1951), Luxembourg journalist and politician
- Viviane de Santana Paulo (* 1966), Brazilian writer living in Berlin
- Vivienne Westwood (* 1941), English fashion designer
Vivianne
- Vivianne Miedema (* 1996), Dutch soccer player