Vivier: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Vivier shows up clearly in national surname statistics. 724 Americans were listed as Vivier in the 2010 census. From 1891 to 2000, 10,617 births in France were registered under Vivier. Births ran at 562 in 1891–1900 and 1,022 in 1991–2000.

• We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Vivier, the family's own records come first.
• Start with the most recent records and work back one generation at a time.

Vivier coat of arms

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Vivier, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms. Research your Vivier family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.