Given name & surname
Vienna
“from the wine country; from Vienna”
Vienna is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “from the wine country; from Vienna.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “from the wine country; from Vienna.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Probably from Medieval Latin Vienna, from German Wien, from Middle High German Wienne, from Old High German Wienna, from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *Vedunia.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vienna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,565
- 0 boys · 7,565 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 712 babies
- 2025
- 712
- #434 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +53%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 712 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 434 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 53.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (101). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,160 as a first name in 2020; 272 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vienna’s family of names
Vienna has a related form in Vena. Vienna has a related form in Venia. Vienna has a related form in Venna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vienna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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