Viviane

French variation of Viviana or Vivien

Viviane Origin and Meaning

The name Viviane is a girl's name .

Viviane is one of a cluster of names that may or may not be related. They include the Latin Viviana, which means life, and its modern forms Vivian and the French form Vivienne. But Vivien, pronounced identically, may be a literary invention connected instead to Ninian. Some sources also connect the Viv variations to the Irish Bebinn, the name of the goddess of childbirth, or Bevin.

Famous People Named Viviane

  • Viviane SassenDutch fashion photographer
  • Viviane Moreira "Vivi" FernandezBrazilian model
  • Viviane NdourSenegalese pop singer; former sister,in,law of singer Youssou N'Dour
  • Viviane RedingLuxembourgian MEP
  • Viviane ForresterFrench journalist and author
  • Viviane KäserSwiss figure skater
  • Viviane AraújoBrazilian model
  • Viviane BrunieriBrazilian model
  • Viviane Katrina Louise "Viv" AlbertineBritish singer of punk group The Slits

Viviane in Pop Culture

  • Vivianethe Lady of the Lake, a character in The Mists of Avalon (1983) by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • Viviane Joan "Vivi" Abbott Walkerin Divine Secrets of the Ya,Ya Sisterhood (1996) by Rebecca Wells
  • VivianeLady of the Winter Court (Badass Fem.) in Sarah J. Mass's A Court Of Wing And Ruin