Given name
Viveka
“little woman of the strong fortress”
Viveka is used as a given name. One German interpretation is “little woman of the strong fortress.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “little woman of the strong fortress.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
In Swedish use, Viveka is used as a form of Wibeke.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Viveka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 102
- 0 boys · 102 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 233 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Viveka’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Viveka has a diminutive in Vivan. Viveka shares a linguistic root with Wibeke. Viveka has a related form in Vivica.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Viveka
- Viveka BabajeeMauritian actor (1973–2010)
- Viveka SeldahlSwedish actress (1944–2001)
- Viveka ErikssonÅland Islands politicianborn 1956
- Viveka DavisAmerican actressborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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