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magpie1127
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Vivian/Vivienne spelling...
magpie1127
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I'm really digging this name lately.
Do you pronounce the two names the same? Do you like either spelling better than the other? If you pronounce them differently, would you side-eye someone who named their baby Vivienne but pronounced it like Vivian?
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Re: Vivian/Vivienne spelling...
Mama to Mason (7) and Asher the Crasher (3).
Married to Topher (10 years). 32 years young in Oklahoma.
BFP #1 9/7/10, EDD 5/14/11, Violet born 5/27/11.
BFP #2 4/9/12, EDD 12/16/12, M/C Rory 4/24/12.
BFP #3 10/6/12, EDD 6/16/12., Matilda born 6/17/13.
I prefer Vivian or Vivianne. To me, for Vivian I would say Viv ee un and for Vivianne I would say Viv ee an. Pretty settle difference.
To me:
Vivian - VIVI-un
Vivienne - vivi-EHN
I prefer Vivian. Less frill and fuss about it.
They are pronounced differently.
Vivian= VIV-ee-an
Vivienne= viv-ee-ENNE
I would side-eye Vivienne pronounced like Vivian- the extra letters aren't just there for decoration.
Agree with this.
They're not two different names. They're variants with slightly different pronunciations.
BFP #1 9/7/10, EDD 5/14/11, Violet born 5/27/11.
BFP #2 4/9/12, EDD 12/16/12, M/C Rory 4/24/12.
BFP #3 10/6/12, EDD 6/16/12., Matilda born 6/17/13.
Married my best friend 10/12/12
TTC 1 since 10/12
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I've really been enchanted by Vivian lately, too. I pronounce both names the same, but I kind of eye-roll at Vivienne. It's just unnecessarily flouncy for no reason at all. And I'm 98% sure the only reason it's getting use at all is because Angelina Jolie used it.
I have a secret love for Vivien, but that's probably just my Gone with the Wind love manifesting itself.
I think the reason I love Vivienne so much is because that's how I thought Vivien Leigh's name was spelled when I was much younger. So I always pictured her when I thought of that spelling. I guess I'm a terrible name nerd, because I didn't realize Angelina Jolie had a Vivienne!
BFP #1 9/7/10, EDD 5/14/11, Violet born 5/27/11.
BFP #2 4/9/12, EDD 12/16/12, M/C Rory 4/24/12.
BFP #3 10/6/12, EDD 6/16/12., Matilda born 6/17/13.
I prefer the French spelling.
As far as originality of the spelling goes "Vivian" is the original form. However, it was used mainly for males! Saint Vivian is a French saint, male. Vivienne is not "unoriginal" as much as it is the feminine form of Vivian. So, technically Vivienne is the correct form (linguistically) for a female baby.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivienne
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I prefer Vivienne [and I do pronounce is ever so slightly different than the -an ending.] I think it'll be on the list again when we have another LO in a few years.
To me Vivienne's pronunciation is a little less frilly.
this.. Vivienne makes me want to pronounce it with a french accent, which makes me dislike it more as it would seem pretentious to me coming from someone who is not french. :