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If you're going to spell it Vivienne, you don't have to put an emphasis on the last syllable, which is unnatural in English, but you have to at least pronounce it VIV-ee-enn, with the last syllable having a distinct E sound, as in Isabelle. It's an abuse of the English language to do otherwise. Would we pronounce Juliette jul-ee-uht, Isabelle iz-a-buhl? A cousin of mine's name is Rachelle, pronounced like Rachel. I find pronouncing Vivienne as Vivian just as annoying as that.