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Le Viviant
by Cat (guest)
6/13/2004, 9:27 AM
Could anyone tell me the meaning of the last name Le Viviant? I checked www.jtosti.com/noms, but it's in French and my French is rather poor.

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Cat
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- Anon. (guest)
6/14/2004, 9:02 AM
On http://www.jtosti.com/noms I can only find it as a variant of Vivian. This is a 'baptismal name' of Latin origin (Vivianus, vivus, 'alive'), which owes its popularity to the fact that it was used by several saints. The variant Viviant is from the Savoie region.
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- Array (guest)   +1
6/14/2004, 8:27 AM
My French isn't the strongest--I've only had two years worth--but my guess would be "the lively one". It would be a descriptor.

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- Sagani (guest)
6/14/2004, 1:24 PM
The Savoy surname Viviant comes from a given name "vivien" which come from the latin "vivianus", in English "vital".
There is also the femininine form Vivienne.
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- Sean Foglai (guest)
6/13/2004, 7:00 PM
Without consulting my books, I'd say it means something like "the life" since a "bon vivant" is a gourmand.
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