Vienna
Where Vienna comes from
From Italian and Medieval Latin Vienna, from German Wien, Middle High German Wienne, and Old High German Wienna, probably from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”) or *weidus (“wild”) via unattested Vulgar Latin *Vedunia. Doublet of Wien.
- 3 syllables
- Vowel-ended
Along the way
- 1882First appearance#908 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1978Vienna Teng bornTaiwanese-American pianist and singer-songwriter based in Detroit
- 2025Peak, #434712 babies named Vienna — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
- A female given name.
Namesakes
- Vienna Teng · Taiwanese-American pianist and singer-songwriter based in Detroit, born 1978
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.