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Vivien

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Vivien ♀, formerly ♂ Earlier generally taken as a variant of the boy's name Vivian, but now also rarely used for boys. This spelling was quite common in Old French. Its use as a girl's name in the English-speaking world was influenced by Tennyson's Merlin and Vivien (1859). This name, from Arthurian legend, may represent an altered form of a Celtic name (perhaps akin to the Irish Gaelic name Béibhinn ‘white lady’, pronounced ‘bee-veen’). The actress Vivien Leigh (1913–67) was christened Vivian.

Short forms: Viv; Vi, Vivi ♀.

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Vivien

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Vivien in the Arthurian legend, an enchantress (otherwise Nimue or Niniane) who entrapped Merlin and imprisoned him in a tower of air in the forest of Broceliande.

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Vivien

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Vivien in Arthurian legend: see Merlin .

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Vivien

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Vivien ♂ (French) From Latin.

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