Getting to "Vi" besides Violet

I’ve been looking at a lot of V names lately, and I really like the nick name [name_f]Vi[/name_f]. But I really dislike [name_f]Violet[/name_f].

I was thinking [name_u]Vivian[/name_u], but that spelling is a little too masculine/gender neutral to me, but [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]/[name_f]Vivianne[/name_f] is too much. I’m liking [name_f]Viviane[/name_f], but I’m wondering if that’s just too unique of a spelling.

Also [name_f]Vienne[/name_f] or [name_f]Vianne[/name_f] instead of [name_f]Vienna[/name_f], which is too sausage-y for me… Wdyt?

I personally don’t see too much of a difference between [name_f]Vivianne[/name_f] and [name_f]Viviane[/name_f]… Are we pronouncing it [name_f]Vivi[/name_f]-[name_f]Anne[/name_f], or [name_u]Vivian[/name_u]? I think that might be confusing.

I like [name_f]Vienne[/name_f] better than [name_f]Vianne[/name_f], but [name_f]Vianne[/name_f] is farther from [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] if that’s an association you want to avoid.

Other names:
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivie[/name_f]
[name_f]Viveca[/name_f]

Maybe [name_f]Virginia[/name_f] could get you to [name_f]Vi[/name_f] too? Of yours, I think [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] would be my favorite, although I could see why you might think it’s too much.

Does it have to start with “[name_f]Vi[/name_f]”? Because names like [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Mavis[/name_f]/[name_f]Avis[/name_f], [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] pronounced may-vee etc could also give you the nickname [name_f]Vi[/name_f]

I like [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] and the beautiful and under-used [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f] for [name_f]Vi[/name_f]. Also [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Evanthe[/name_f].

I prefer the [name_u]Vivien[/name_u] spelling, as in [name_u]Vivien[/name_u] [name_u]Leigh[/name_u], (though she was born [name_u]Vivian[/name_u] and changed it to [name_u]Vivien[/name_u]). [name_u]Vivian[/name_u]/ [name_m]Vyvian[/name_m] were mainly male names at one stage.

A relative of mine is [name_u]Vivien[/name_u]/[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] (not sure on spelling) nn [name_f]Vi[/name_f]. I prefer the [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] spelling, but I also like [name_f]Viviane[/name_f].

[name_f]Avia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aviana[/name_f]
Evienne
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Livia[/name_f]
Liviana
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivia[/name_f]

I don’t think the spelling [name_f]Viviane[/name_f] is too out there, it’s different but quite lovely. I prefer the [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] spelling, but I might be a little biased since I’m considering it for a middle name lol.

[name_f]Vianne[/name_f] and [name_f]Vienne[/name_f] are unique and I think they could work well, I especially like [name_f]Vienne[/name_f].

As for other names that could get you to the nickname [name_f]Vi[/name_f], off the top of my head I think of [name_f]Aviana[/name_f], [name_f]Viveca[/name_f], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] (maybe?), and [name_f]Viola[/name_f], although that might be a little too close to [name_f]Violet[/name_f].

I’m pretty sure the Lady of the [name_u]Lake[/name_u] in Mists of [name_f]Avalon[/name_f] is called [name_f]Viviane[/name_f].
I would pronounce it slightly different from [name_f]Vivianne[/name_f] - vi-vee-[name_f]ANN[/name_f] vs vi-vee-AHN.

Other options:

[name_f]Viviana[/name_f] (vi-vee-YA-na)
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
Vaiana (I think this one works VERY well)