Viv (given name)

Viv is a unisex given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Vivian or Vivienne or variations thereof. It may refer to:

People

Women

• Viv Albertine (born 1954), British singer and songwriter
• Viv Nicholson (1936-2015), British woman who went on spending sprees when her second husband won the football pools
• Viv Stephens (born 1953), New Zealand former cricketer

Men

• Viv Allen (1916-1995), Canadian hockey player
• Viv Anderson (born 1956), English football coach and former player
• Viv Bingham (1932-2012), British political activist and former president of the Liberal Party
• Viv Busby (born 1949), British football player and manager
• Viv Dunn (c. 1895-?), Australian rugby union player
• Viv Farnsworth (1889–1953), Australian rugby league player
• Vivian Gibbins (1901-1979), English amateur footballer
• Viv Graham (1959-1993), English mobster and boxer
• Viv Harrison (1921-1989), Welsh rugby union and rugby league player
• Viv Huzzey (1876-1929), Welsh rugby union and baseball player
• Vivian Jenkins (1911-2004), Welsh rugby union player and sports journalist
• Viv Michie (born 1992), former Australian rules footballer
• Viv Parkinson (1882-1944), Australian rules footballer
• Viv Peterson (born 1942), former Australian rules footballer
• Viv Prince (born 1941), English drummer
• Viv Randall (1914-1985), Australian rules footballer
• Viv Richards (born 1952), West Indian former cricketer
• Viv Solomon-Otabor (born 1996), English footballer
• Viv Thicknesse (1910–1986), Australian rugby league and rugby union player
• Viv Valentine (1887-1967), Australian rules footballer
• Viv Woodward (footballer, born 1914), Welsh former footballer

Female fictional characters

• Viv Hope, on the British soap opera Emmerdale
• Vivian Johnson, on the American crime drama series Without a Trace
• Viv Newton, on the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Viv Vision, a Marvel Comics android