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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Vienna
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Vienna Teng born
    Taiwanese-American pianist and singer-songwriter based in Detroit
  3. 2025
    Peak, #434
    712 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.