Vivian Vande Velde: Hello. My name is Vivian Vande Velde. Sometimes, people get confused because there's a space between the Vande and the Velde, but even though it's two words, it is one name. Vande Velde is my married name, my husband's last name, and it's a name from the Dutch. Van means from, de means the, and Velde means plains, so I am Vivian from the Plains. Actually, Vivian means lively one, so you can translate my name even more into lively one from the Plains.