Female first name (French): Vivienne, Etruscan (Roman family); vivus = alive, alive (Latin), information on male form Vivian:; originally a Roman name 'Vibianus' or' Vivianus', which to a Roman family name 'Vibius 'back,' Vibius' is probably of Etruscan origin, meaning unknown, is sometimes interpreted as a further development from the Latin 'vivus' Female first name (English, French): Vivienne, in the Arthurian legend; (Arthurian legend) Celtic Vivienne Niniane or a sorceress who has imprisoned Merlin, and the teacher of Lancelot, the name is probably of Celtic origin, is also possible origin as a Latin feminine form of 'Vivianus'
