Violetta: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “little violet”
- Origin
- Italian
- Say it
- vee-o-LET-uh · 4 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
Italian diminutive of Viola, from Latin viola, the violet flower. Also familiar from Verdi’s La Traviata heroine Violetta Valéry.
How popular is Violetta?
Babies named Violetta in 2024150
2024 rank#1,457 girls
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 18803,112
Violetta is rising: use over the last five years is 2.5× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Violetta
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Violetta questions
What does the name Violetta mean?
Violetta means "little violet". It comes from Italian. Italian diminutive of Viola, from Latin viola, the violet flower. Also familiar from Verdi’s La Traviata heroine Violetta Valéry.
Is Violetta a boy or girl name?
Violetta is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Violetta?
150 US babies were named Violetta in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Violetta?
Violetta is usually pronounced vee-o-LET-uh.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.