THE ORIGIN OF NAMES

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VIVIEN
Vivien Gay Hill 1954 - to date
Originally the more common Old French form of Vivian, but used by Tennyson in his poem Merlin and Vivien (1859) as a girl’s name in place of the usual feminine form of Vivienne. Probably derived from the Latin' vivus' meaning 'alive'.

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