Violet
Violet is a girl name of Latin origin, ranked #25 in popularity, meaning The violet flower; the color purple.
What Violet means
The violet flower; the color purple.
Violet sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Violet comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Violet is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Violet?
Violet is ranked #25, firmly inside the top twenty-five. It is familiar without being unavoidable: widely known, easy to spell, and still not on every register.
The character of Violet
Two ideas meet in Violet: flowers and growing things, Color and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Violet
These share Violet's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Poppy — The bright red poppy flower.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Camellia — The camellia flower.
- Flora — Flower; goddess of spring.
- Florence — Flourishing; in bloom.
- Livia — Olive; blue.
- Rosemary — Dew of the sea; the herb of remembrance.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.