Vivian
m.
Latin Vivianus, a cognomen from Latin vivus 'alive'.
The name of a 5th C saint.
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1013x1033 Vivianum (acc) CartStPC XLII;
1101x1129 Viviani (gen) ibid. XVI,
Vivianum (acc) ibid. XVI,
Vivianus (nom) ibid. XVI;
1115x1149 Vivianus (nom) ibid. X
- Old French
- ● 1296 Vivien paris1296 p. 32;
1313 Vivian Paris1313 p. 66,
Vivien ibid. p. 15
- Middle French
- ● 1418 Vivien HGParis p. 385;
1423 Vivien favier 292
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Viuianus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 5
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1236 Viuianni (gen) TirNot1 10,
Viuianno (dat) ibid. 13;
1265x1339 Viviani (gen) BBC-Berg 15
- Wales
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- Latin
- ● 1454 Vivion (nom) ArchCambIII p. 72;
1456 Vivian (nom) ibid. p. 259;
1457 Vivian (nom) ibid. p. 259
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Vivian". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Vivian.