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 cricketer

Men

• Viv Allen (1916–1995), Canadian hockey player
• Viv Anderson (born 1956), English football coach and player
• Viv Bingham (1932–2012), British political activist and president of the Liberal Party
• Viv Busby (born 1949), British football player and manager
• Viv Dunn (1895–1974), Australian rugby union player
• Viv Farnsworth (1889–1953), Australian rugby league player
• Vivian Gibbins (1901–1979), English amateur footballer
• 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), Australian rules footballer
• Viv Parkinson (1882–1944), Australian rules footballer
• Viv Peterson (born 1942), Australian rules footballer
• Viv Prince (born 1941), English drummer
• Viv Randall (1914–1985), Australian rules footballer
• Viv Richards (born 1952), West Indian cricketer
• Viv Solomon-Otabor (born 1996), English footballer
• Viv Thicknesse (1910–1986), Australian rugby league and rugby union player
• Viv Thomas (born 1948), British pornographer
• Viv Valentine (1887–1967), Australian rules footballer
• Viv Woodward (Welsh footballer), Welsh 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
• Viv, a character on the British children's TV programme The Dumping Ground - see List of The Dumping Ground characters#Viv