Viveka
Girl · vih-VAY-kah · Sanskrit
Viveka is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “discernment, wisdom”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Viveka mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit viveka; also a separate Swedish name
“discernment, wisdom”
Sanskrit viveka means discernment, the ability to tell the real from the unreal in Hindu philosophy; Viveka is also a separate Swedish name.
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- vih-VAY-kah
Is Viveka a girl's or a boy's name?
Viveka is a girls' name.
How popular is Viveka in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Viveka in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Viveka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Names like Viveka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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