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Is it
{vivee-lon}
or
{vivee-yon}?
I've heard it both ways.

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According to the anime, it's vivee-yon
But the anime sometimes mispronounces Pokemon (I'm looking at you, "ski-doo") or says them awkwardly.

In the main anime with Ash, they pronounce Rattata's name as "Rata-tah", and in the Origins special, Red calls it "Rat-tah-ta" (as in the fan phrase "Kakuna Rattata".. since I'm terrible at spelling pronunciations). I consider the latter to be the real one, but it can of course be used interexchangeably

ANYWAY, there are no other sort of 'official' pronunciations around (that I know of). But I am pretty sure that that 'L' is supposed to be a 'Y' sound, based on the name origin. Just pronounce it the way you feel is right.

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Vivillon is derived from le papillon, which is French for butterfly. It's pronounced "papeeyon" so yeah, same for Vivillon.
Definitely viv-ee-on, most likely a combination of vivid and the French word for butterfly 'papillon', pronounced in a similar fashion. There are a handful of European languages where a double L makes a Y sound. Rattata's name is pronounced with more variation, but according to the good folk at Bulbapedia, the name is most likely a combination of rat, attack and rat-a-tat, which would suggest the first and last syllables are stressed.

God forbid if they start making Pokémon with Welsh names...