Violet is a given name for girls which comes from the eponymous flower. As with other such names, its popularity has varied dramatically over time. Flower names were commonly used from about 1880 through about 1910 in the United States, with usage dropping throughout the next 80 years or so; Violet was the 88th most frequent girls' given name in 1900, dropping below position 1000 by 1960. In 1990, the name appeared again in the top 1000 at position 289 and subsequently increased in popularity; it was the 69th most popular girls' name in 2013.
The cognates in other languages are Viola, Violeta, Violetta, or Violette. These are also common girls' given names, whose popularity varies by time and country.
Violet English
Violette French, English
Violetta Italian, Greek, Belgian, Dutch, Russian
Viola Latin, English, Italian, German, Swedish
Violeta Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Albanian
Виолетта (Violietta) Russian
Βιολέττα (Violetta) or Βιολέτα (Violeta) Greek
Wioleta, Wiola, Wioletta or Violetta Polish
Ia Georgian
Violet Berlin (born 1968), television presenter
Violet Blue (author), American writer and sex educator
Violet Bonham Carter (1887–1969), British politician and diarist
Violet Florence Martin (1862–1915), Irish writer
Violet Gibson (1876–1956), attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini
Violet Gordon-Woodhouse (1872–1948), British musician
Violet Hunt (1862–1942), British writer
Violet Hopson (1887–1973), British actress
Violet Jacob (1863–1946), Scottish writer
Violet Jessop (1887–1971), survivor of three shipwrecks
Violet Annie Lee (1909–1982), mother of the Kray twins
Violet Loraine (1886–1956), English actress and singer
Violet MacMillan (1887–1953), American actress
Violet Markham (1872–1959), British writer and social reformer
Violet Mersereau (1892–1975), American actress
Violet Oakley (1874–1961), American artist
Violet Trefusis (1894–1972), English writer and socialite
Violet Vanbrugh (1867–1942), English actress
Violet Wilkey (1903–1976), American child actress
Violet Gray, a Peanuts character
Violet Baudelaire, an A Series of Unfortunate Events character
Violet Beauregarde, a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character
Violet Harmon, an American Horror Story: Murder House character
Violet Parr, a The Incredibles character
Violet Song jat Shariff, an UltraViolet character
Violet Turner, a Private Practice character
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, a character on Downton Abbey
Violet (comics), a DC Comics character
Lee Chaolan or Violet, a Tekken 4 character
Violet, the title character from the musical
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