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I think Vivian's use as a male name is going, going, gone. I really believe it has, more or less, lost every trace of masculinity it ever posessed in the US. It was never exactly well used on boys here, anyway, only cracking the top 500 in the 19th century, and I'd be willing to bet that many people who don't spend much time thinking about names and researching their histories--which is most people, really--would be surprised today to learn that Vivian has ever been used for girls.

This message was edited 4/26/2012, 9:32 AM