Given name & surname
Vivek
“one who is judicious; filled with wisdom”
Vivek is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is judicious; filled with wisdom.”
Original Hindiविवेक
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “one who is judicious; filled with wisdom.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vivek through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,771
- 1,771 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 75 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 75 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,917 as a first name in 2020; 511 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.
Vivek’s family of names
In English usage, Vivek has a related form in BIBEK. In English usage, Vivek has a related form in BIVEK. In English usage, Vivek has a related form in VIBEK.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Vivek
- Vivek RamaswamyAmerican presidential candidate and businessman (born 1985)
- Vivek OberoiIndian actor (born 1976)
- Vivek MurthyAmerican physician, surgeon general, vice admiral of the United States Navyborn 1977
- Vivek PrasadIndian field hockey playerborn 2000
- Vivek AgnihotriIndian director, screenwriter and authorborn 1973
- Vivek KundraAmerican government officialborn 1974
- Vivek ChibberIndian American sociologistborn 1965
- Vivek ShrayaCanadian singer-songwriterborn 1981
- Viveck VaswaniIndian actor, producer and writerborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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