Is Vivienne going to be faddy?

[EstherE]

I thought of it as quite a classic name but have heard it screeched in the park and supermarket a few times lately. Is it going to be a 2024 Arlo?

It instantly makes me think of the drag queen The Vivienne who's on telly all the time at the moment.

The only one I know in real life is in her 60s and goes by Viv.

Gorgeous, gorgeous name .

There’s a few where I live in East London. I think it does tie in with the Margot/Dinah/Frida style.

I think it's a gorgeous name. If I had another daughter, that's the name I've wanted for a few years now. Not that I'll be having another daughter but it's so lovely that it's locked in just in case.

I know one adult Vivienne but she goes by Vivi

I've got a Noah & Olivia, both top of popular name list and there's only 1 more Noah in my Son's school...go with a name you like

It was one of our family names. It was my auntie’s first name but she didn’t like it and preferred Maud, her middle name. In the 70s we thought this was bonkers as Maud was bad enough in terms of reminding us of the Victorian era and then she liked to be know as Maudie which seemed even worse 😂

The trouble with Vivienne is that it tends to get shortened to 'Viv' in my experience, which sounds awful

😂my DS (6) is Arlo. I hadn’t heard it anywhere before apart from the Good Dinosaur film! Since I had him I hear it EVERYWHERE particularly preschoolers. I did the same with my DDs (11) name too and hers was one I had picked out since I was a child! I wonder if we subconsciously hear these ‘rare’ names but don’t pick up on it until we use it or know someone with that name? I haven’t heard any Vivienne’s yet, it’s timeless and a lot better than some ‘unique’ names people have been using of late.

Oh yes, I’ve always thought that about Florence/Flo and Veronica/Vera.

We chose Thomas because we didn’t mind Tom or Thom and I’m glad there wasn’t a Tommy phase.

I think it's that good mix of having a few around but not to many. I don't think it will fully take off and be super popular!

One of my favourite names! It would have been a high contender for my DD in 2020 except I named our family cat Vivienne in 1996. We had her till 2016. ❤️

I hope it’s not a name that becomes faddy, it’s so beautiful.

The Vivienne is my favourite drag queen so it’s always going to be remind me of that, sorry.

I don't think it's ever been popular enough to be faddy. A name is only faddy when it is at the top of the charts for like 10 years. It very pretty and sounds like it could fit a girl of any age

Just reminds me of The Young Ones , Ade Edmundson's character

I love it except when pronounced Vivi-yun, rather than Vivi-yen.

A lovely name, wouldn't consider it faddy. I see it as similar in style to Genevieve and Madeleine. Very feminine and strong. Definitely not like Patricia or Barbara.

What is vowely-liquidy? 🤔

There's a 6yo VIvienne in my sons class. She's gets called VIvi

I only know of one Vivienne, that is my friends little girl, I would say it's quite rare tbh

Its lovely. Arlo is a terrible name.

I know two Vivienne's and I love the name. It invokes glamour to me.

One is three, she's Vivie and it suits her to a T.

Not my fave, lots of people would mispronounce (VIVienne or ViviEN or VivEEEEN) and its a bit chavvy in the schools I have worked in.
But if you like it, please ignore me

I like it. Also Vanessa. I think Vivienne goes with Honor.

It's in the space of male names claimed as female names and lost to men nowadays along with:

Evelyn
Hilary
Lindsay

Fab name.....I like Valerie too.

Looking up the popularity figures, there are fewer than 200 a year being born, and the trend seems to be stagnant. Interestingly, it's by far the most popular of the spelling variations these days.

I haven't heard of a single young Vivienne round here (and we do have plenty of Margot, Iris, Audrey, June type names, though we're not super cutting edge and hip). The youngest Vivienne I've met would be approaching 40 now. My main association is still with Vivienne Westwood. It feels sort of high fashion, no-nonsense. No old-lady frumpiness to it.

Nothing like Arlo, which came out of nowhere. (Random thought - I bet at least one of us on this thread will end up with a son-in-law called Arlo, which feels weird!)