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Vivian (F)>

Vivian (female)

Variants:Béibhinn (F) Vivean (F) Viviana (F) Vivienne (F)
Diminutive(s):Vi (F) Viv (F) Vivi (F)
Can be spelt:Viviann (F) Vivianne (F) Vivien (F)
Masculine form:Vivian (M)
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG

English via Old French from Latin "alive". 

Vivian is mainly male in English use, while the female form is now more commonly rendered Vivien or Vivienne, the French form.

Vivian is the Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic female name Béibhinn, "white lady".