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What does Violet mean?
Violet 
▲ as a girls' name is pronounced VYE-a-let. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Violet is "purple". One of the earliest flower names, first used in the 1830s. Shakespeare used the form Viola for the enterprising heroine in "Twelfth Night". Ballerina Violette Verdy.
ASSOCIATED WITH purple (violet), flower, heroine, night (black)
Variations
VARIANTS Eolande, Iolande, Iolanthe, Jolanda, Jolande, Jolanta, Jolantha, Jolanthe, Vi, Viola▼, Violaine, Violanta, Violante, Violanthe, Viole, Violeine, Violeta▲, Violetta, Violette▲, Viollet, Violletta, Viollette, Vyolet, Vyoletta, Vyolette, Yolanda▼, Yolande, Yolane, Yolantha, Yolanthe
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Violet Brinley (V.B.), ..
How popular is Violet?
Violet is a very prominent first name for females (#289 out of 4276, Top 7%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#27235 out of 150436, Top 18%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Violet reached its apex position of #43 in the U.S. in 2018. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Viola (#1134 A YEAR AGO), Violeta (#965), Violetta (#1733), Violette (#1090), Yolanda and Yolande are the prominent variation forms of Violet (#43). These forms of Violet were popular in the 1900s (AVERAGE #1008) and have become much less common since (#1280, 61% LESS USAGE), with forms such as Viola becoming less in vogue. Violet, Violeta and Violette are three of the more fashionable names for newborns in this list.
Similar Names
Violet▲ is pronounced similarly to Villette. Other recommended sound-alike names are Arlet, Birget, Collet, Jinnet, Joliet, Jonet, Kismet, Libet, Linet, Linnet, Lisbet, Liset, Lizbet, Monet▼, Nicolet, Odelet (see Odele), Riet, Vale, Valen, Valeta, Vallee, Valley, Velvet, Verlee, Vickee, Vickey▼, Vikkey, Vilma, Violant, Viona, Virge, Vitel, Vivee, Vivien▲ and Wyonet (see Wyanet). These names tend to be less commonly used than Violet.
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