Vivien

Vivien is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict: Female
Confidence: High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in: United States, Great Britain, Ireland
US records 1880–2017: 26 male / 6,226 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built: 2026-09-11

How to address Vivien

If you do not know Vivien’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Vivien,” in English, “Guten Tag Vivien,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Vivien,

German

Guten Tag Vivien,

French

Bonjour Vivien,

Spanish

Estimado/a Vivien:

Chinese

Vivien您好：

Japanese

Vivien様

English

Hi Vivien,

German

Hi Vivien,

French

Salut Vivien,

Spanish

Hola Vivien,

Chinese

Vivien你好：

Japanese

Vivienさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Vivien by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
Country	How common	Usually
United States	common	woman's name
Great Britain	uncommon	woman's name
Ireland	rare	woman's name
France	rare	man's name
Switzerland	rare	woman's name
Luxembourg	rare	man's name

United States birth data

26 male · 6,226 female · 6,252 births recorded

Male ≈ 0.4%Female ≈ 99.6%

Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Vivien a male or female name?

Vivien is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Vivien in an email?

Is Vivien a unisex name?

Vivien is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Vivien a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/vivien. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_vivien,
  title  = {Is Vivien a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/vivien},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}