Violette

Violette: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “violet”
Origin: French
Say it: vee-oh-LET · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

French form of Violet, from the flower name and ultimately from Latin viola. It has long been used as a feminine given name in French.

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How popular is Violette?

202481.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Violette in 2024270

2024 rank#963 girls

Peak year1908

Total US babies since 18806,102

Violette is rising: use over the last five years is 2.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Violette

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Violetviolet flower · English
Violetaviolet · Spanish
Charlottefree man · French
Eleanormeaning uncertain · French
Eloisehealthy; wide · French
Claireclear, bright · French
Nataliebirthday of the Lord · French
Madelineof Magdala · French

Violette questions

What does the name Violette mean?

Violette means "violet". It comes from French. French form of Violet, from the flower name and ultimately from Latin viola. It has long been used as a feminine given name in French.

Is Violette a boy or girl name?

Violette is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Violette?

270 US babies were named Violette in 2024. Its peak year was 1908.

How do you pronounce Violette?

Violette is usually pronounced vee-oh-LET.

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.