Name: Violet
Gender: Female
Usage: Violet, of latin origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Violet are in general originating from France, Italy, Malta, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Violet across the world, see Viola.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Violet is: Violet, Purple/blue flower.
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Numerology of the first name Violet: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 11. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: charismatic, inspiring, dreamy, six-sensed, discerning.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Charismatic, Inspiring
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone
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The name Violet is ranked on the 1,729th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 251900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.004% of the population. The name Violet has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Violet for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Violet is 12 November.
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History and Origin
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 89th most popular girls' name in 2012.
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.
English: from the name of the flower (Old French violette, Late Latin violetta, a diminutive of viōla). This was one of the earliest flower names to become popular in Britain, being well established before the middle of the 19th century, but it is now out of favour.
Cognates: French: Violette. Italian: Violetta.
Short form: English: Vi.
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