[Opinions] Vivien for a boy?
Do any of the various spelling...Vivian, Vyvyan, Vivien...make it better or worse?
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I'd like it on a boy. Not the spelling Vyvyan, though--too kre8tiv. I'd probably pair it with a strong, masculine mn.
I love the name Vivian for a boy, however it's my grandmother's name so I probably wouldn't use it as a first name! I like it as a middle name though :-)
Not Vivien
Since it's Vivien Leigh, aka Scarlett O'Hara to me and always will be. Vivian would be fine on either, though my instinctive reaction is 'girl'. I'm afraid Vyvyan looks like someone's being playing with the keyboard, though Oscar Wilde did legitimise it a bit, if you can do that!
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Since it's Vivien Leigh, aka Scarlett O'Hara to me and always will be. Vivian would be fine on either, though my instinctive reaction is 'girl'. I'm afraid Vyvyan looks like someone's being playing with the keyboard, though Oscar Wilde did legitimise it a bit, if you can do that!
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Don't like it, but I do know a man Vivian. *NT*
I love Vivian for a boy. I think the Vyvyan spelling is the most masculine, because of the number of male Vyvyans that use the spelling.
- Maria
Pro-Sissy-Names.
Pro-Sissy-Names.
I love it!
One of the most popular guys i know's name is vivian, they call him Viv for short.
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One of the most popular guys i know's name is vivian, they call him Viv for short.
~~* BEX *~~
Surfing is my religion!
The only Vivian I know is male he's called Viv.
I like the "Vivian" spelling.
Vyvyan just doesn't look right to me, but it was the name of Oscar Wilde's son, right? Even so... I'd save that spelling for a mn.
Vivien, to me, is a name for a French boy. I'm willing to accept it as unisex, though.
Vivian, however, I love love love! And only for a boy. It's one of my very favourite names.
I like Vivienne, Viviane, Viviana, and Vivia for girls.
EDIT: Added girls' names.
Vyvyan just doesn't look right to me, but it was the name of Oscar Wilde's son, right? Even so... I'd save that spelling for a mn.
Vivien, to me, is a name for a French boy. I'm willing to accept it as unisex, though.
Vivian, however, I love love love! And only for a boy. It's one of my very favourite names.
I like Vivienne, Viviane, Viviana, and Vivia for girls.
EDIT: Added girls' names.
This message was edited 5/10/2006, 10:05 PM
This has never occurred to me before, but I think it's rather sweet. Hmm.
-- Sarah
-- Sarah
The only male Vivian I've ever known was the guy from the Brit sitcom "The Young Ones" (and probably 95% of this board is too young to know what that is...) He was such a freak though, he doesn't do much to make it seem more masculine to me. It just seemed like one more weird thing. Other Vivians I'm met/known have always been women.
Vivian is the only spelling I like. And for a female.
Vivian is the only spelling I like. And for a female.
Could be. I don't recall.
It's the first thing I think of too! (I'm 19, but live in England, where the Young Ones is still pretty massive, despite finishing years ago!) I like it more as a girl's name, though.
I'm 17--I love The Young Ones! :)
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