A hypocorism ( / h aɪ ˈ p ɒ k ər ɪ z əm / hy- POK -ər-iz-əm or / ˌ h aɪ p ə ˈ k ɒr ɪ z əm / HY -pə- KORR -iz-əm ; from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα hypokórisma ; sometimes also hypocoristic ), or pet name , is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as Izzy for Isabel or Bob for Robert, or it may be unrelated.
11-471: [REDACTED] Look up viv in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. VIV or Viv may refer to: People [ edit ] Viv (given name) , a list of people and fictional characters Viv., the standard author abbreviation of Domenico Viviani (1772–1840), Italian botanist and naturalist Places [ edit ] 2558 Viv , the asteroid Viv,
22-740: A band founded by Terri Brosius Other uses [ edit ] Vortex induced vibration Viv (software) , personal assistance software .viv , the filename extension of Vivo video files The VIV's (AUDELCO presents the Vivian Robinson Recognition Awards) for African American art See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "viv" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles beginning with Viv All pages with titles containing Viv All pages with titles beginning with viv V/V (five of five) v/v (volume by volume) Viiv (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
33-417: A main belt asteroid, the 2558th asteroid registered Vivigani Airfield (IATA airport code VIV ), Papua New Guinea The Vivian (nicknamed "The Vivs"), Sketty , Swansea, Wales, UK; a pub Groups, organizations, companies [ edit ] Vivo Participacoes (NYSE stock symbol VIV ), Brazilian cell phone operator Vivendi (Euronext stock symbol VIV ), French holding company The Vivs,
44-518: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Viv (given name) Viv is a unisex given name, often a short form ( hypocorism ) of Vivian or Vivienne or variations thereof. It may refer to: People [ edit ] Women [ edit ] Viv Albertine (born 1954), British singer and songwriter Viv Nicholson (1936–2015), British woman who went on spending sprees when her second husband won
55-486: Is related to the words κόρος ( kóros ) 'boy, youth' and κόρη ( kórē ) 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics , the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection , or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with -y / -ie (phonologically /- i / ). Sometimes
66-635: The British soap opera Emmerdale Vivian Johnson , on the American crime drama series Without a Trace Viv Newton , on the Australian soap opera Home and Away Viv Vision , a Marvel Comics android Viv, on the British children's show 'The Dumping Ground' [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to
77-1551: The football pools Viv Stephens (born 1953), New Zealand cricketer Men [ edit ] Viv Allen (1916–1995), Canadian hockey player Viv Anderson (born 1956), English football coach and player Viv Bingham (1932–2012), British political activist and president of the Liberal Party Viv Busby (born 1949), British football player and manager Viv Dunn (1895–1974), Australian rugby union player Viv Farnsworth (1889–1953), Australian rugby league player Vivian Gibbins (1901–1979), English amateur footballer Viv Harrison (1921–1989), Welsh rugby union and rugby league player Viv Huzzey (1876–1929), Welsh rugby union and baseball player Vivian Jenkins (1911–2004), Welsh rugby union player and sports journalist Viv Michie (born 1992), Australian rules footballer Viv Parkinson (1882–1944), Australian rules footballer Viv Peterson (born 1942), Australian rules footballer Viv Prince (born 1941), English drummer Viv Randall (1914–1985), Australian rules footballer Viv Richards (born 1952), West Indian cricketer Viv Solomon-Otabor (born 1996), English footballer Viv Thicknesse (1910–1986), Australian rugby league and rugby union player Viv Thomas (born 1948), British pornographer Viv Valentine (1887–1967), Australian rules footballer Viv Woodward (Welsh footballer) , Welsh footballer Female fictional characters [ edit ] Viv Hope , on
88-415: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viv_(given_name)&oldid=1235575187 " Categories : Given names English unisex given names Unisex given names Hypocorisms Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Hypocorism Etymologically,
99-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Viv . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viv&oldid=1258655129 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
110-482: The suffix -o is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English , but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names, and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually considered distinct from diminutives, but they can also overlap. This name-related article
121-458: The term hypocorism is from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα ( hypokórisma ), from ὑποκορίζεσθαι ( hypokorízesthai ), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix hypo- refers in this case to creating a diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root korízesthai originates in the Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and
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