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VIVIAN Family History

This ancient English surname, recorded in many forms including Vivian, Videan, Vidgen, Vidgeon, Vyvyan, Fiddian, Fidgeon and Phythian, is a development of the pre-medieval given name 'Vivianus'. Introduced into England by the Norman Invaders of 1066, the origin is the Roman Vivianus. The original meaning was "alive or living", perhaps a commentary on the birth survival rate of the early times. St. Vivianus was the bishop of Saintes, in France in the 5th century, but the name did not achieve popularity until much later.