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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

VivianIn Hebrew: ויויאן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Vivian (Hebrew: ויויאן) is a girl's name of international origin. 1,496 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1949, with 68 babies.

People in Israel
1,496
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1949
68 babies
USA, 2025
3,362
rank #70

Writing and saying Vivian

In Hebrew letters the name is ויויאן, read right to left. Vivian is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Vivian by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Vivian: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Vivian in English-speaking countries

Vivian in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20253,362#701920 (4,128)
United Kingdom202543#8842016 (43)
England and Wales202543#8342025 (43)
Ireland20253#8501971 (23)
British Columbia202313#2401960 (38)
Alberta202513#3352014 (26)
Quebec20255#7732003 (12)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Vivian has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Vivian

How do you write Vivian in Hebrew?

Vivian is written ויויאן in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Vivian?

1,496 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ויויאן: 1,491 women and 5 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Vivian a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.7% of the people named ויויאן are women.

Is Vivian used outside Israel?

The name Vivian appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 3,362 girls were given it in 2025 (#70), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 43 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.