Vienna

vee-EN-uh

Place-name: the capital of Austria

"forest stream; white foundation"

Vienna Origin and Meaning

The name Vienna is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "forest stream; white foundation".

Vienna is one of the more popular of the European place-names, with a particularly pleasant sound, evoking elegant images of the Blue Danube, of castles and cafes, sweets and sausages and Strauss waltzes—and Sigmund Freud. It could be a possible substitute for the popular Sienna, although Vienna has been climbing the charts herself. Vienna was one of the fastest rising girl names in 2023.

While many see place-names as a recent invention, Vienna has been used as a name for centuries. It was, for instance, the name of a 15th century mother of a saint. Joan Crawford plays a strong-willed saloon keeper in the classic 1954 western drama Johnny Guitar. And there was also a Vienna in the F. Scott Fitzgerald story "The Bowl."

Trivia tidbit: Vienna's Roman-era name was Vindobono.

Vienna Rank in US Top 1000

# 691 in the US

Vienna Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 435 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Vienna

• 691 US 2023
• 435 Nameberry 2025
• 199 Canada 2023
• 545 Future 2028
• 231 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Vienna

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Famous People Named Vienna

• Vienna Teng American singer,songwriter
• Vienna Girardi American reality TV personality ("The Bachelor")
• Vivienne Vienna Wiśniewski (b. 2008) daughter of singers Michał and Ania Wiśniewski

The name Vienna in Pop Culture

• Vienna character in movie "Johnny Guitar"
• "Vienna " song by Billy Joel
• "Vienna " song by The Fray
• "Dear Vienna " song by Owl City
• Vienna type of sausages
• Vienna capital of Austria
• Vienna town in Virginia, USA
• 'Vienna' song by Ultravox