sentences:  Vivian (personal name)
  
  Vivian (and variants such as Vivien and Vivienne) is a given name, and less often a surname, derived from a Latin name of the Roman Empire period, masculine "Vivianus" and feminine "Viviana", which survived into modern use because it is the name of two early Christian female martyrs as well as of a male saint and bishop.The Latin name "Vivianus" is recorded from the 1st century.