Violet Forename
2,741st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 380,013 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Martin
Violet Forename Definition:
A female name. from Old French violete, diminutive of Latin viola 'violet’. Violette occurs as a christian name in the south of France in the Middle Ages, and there are a few instances in England, e.g. the wife of Sir John Chandos (d. 1370).
Read More About This ForenameViolet Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 61,865 | 1:5,860 | 785 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 44,244 | 1:349 | 33 |
| Kenya | 100% | 43,378 | 1:1,068 | 223 |
| Zambia | - | 40,753 | 1:389 | 75 |
| Malawi | 100% | 40,676 | 1:421 | 86 |
| England | 100% | 32,734 | 1:1,699 | 311 |
| Uganda | 100% | 31,646 | 1:1,294 | 218 |
| South Africa | 100% | 21,713 | 1:2,512 | 435 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 11,445 | 1:15,515 | 1,739 |
| Jamaica | - | 7,046 | 1:409 | 73 |
| Canada | 100% | 6,837 | 1:4,846 | 757 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 6,650 | 1:7,938 | 1,137 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3,551 | 1:1,507 | 253 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,769 | 1:2,032 | 406 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,247 | 1:1,377 | 294 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,169 | 1:42,370 | 2,569 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,970 | 1:936 | 202 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,739 | 1:12,427 | 1,346 |
| India | 100% | 1,554 | 1:781,775 | 55,175 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,261 | 1:1,732 | 310 |
| Ireland | 100% | 932 | 1:4,982 | 489 |
| Israel | 100% | 782 | 1:10,745 | 1,323 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Iraq | 100% | 632 | 1:55,408 | 1,832 |
| Ghana | 100% | 618 | 1:43,667 | 2,441 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 603 | 1:13,520 | 1,353 |
| China | - | 491 | 1:2,782,191 | 47,629 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 466 | 1:2,922 | 564 |
| Bahamas | - | 465 | 1:859 | 220 |
| Saint Martin | - | 461 | 1:78 | 23 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 457 | 1:36,985 | 2,824 |
| Kuwait | - | 370 | 1:10,230 | 1,219 |
| Guyana | 100% | 339 | 1:2,252 | 444 |
| Barbados | - | 319 | 1:908 | 214 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 307 | 1:6,645 | 986 |
| Sweden | 100% | 303 | 1:32,534 | 1,964 |
| Jordan | 100% | 301 | 1:29,325 | 1,245 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 281 | 1:108,363 | 7,442 |
| Namibia | - | 263 | 1:9,141 | 1,116 |
| Australia | - | 250 | 1:54,630 | 2,499 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 221 | 1:879,447 | 16,335 |
| New Zealand | - | 219 | 1:20,713 | 1,606 |
| Poland | 96% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Singapore | 100% | 186 | 1:33,801 | 5,916 |
| Palestine | 100% | 168 | 1:27,084 | 1,212 |
| Indonesia | - | 153 | 1:1,686,037 | 90,646 |
| Philippines | 92% | 149 | 1:711,473 | 21,437 |
| Russia | 90% | 145 | 1:994,715 | 8,587 |
| Liberia | 96% | 144 | 1:30,639 | 1,871 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 140 | 1:710 | 103 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 140 | 1:392 | 37 |
| Belize | 100% | 135 | 1:2,625 | 596 |
| Colombia | 100% | 130 | 1:367,530 | 6,529 |
| Syria | - | 116 | 1:166,432 | 2,220 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 113 | 1:5,141 | 645 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 110 | 1:65,018 | 5,630 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 89 | 1:1,233 | 247 |
| Germany | 100% | 81 | 1:1,193,554 | 8,647 |
| Mexico | 100% | 72 | 1:1,724,228 | 10,921 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 72 | 1:1,550 | 284 |
| Qatar | 100% | 69 | 1:34,342 | 4,570 |
| Malta | - | 68 | 1:6,314 | 764 |
| Jersey | - | 65 | 1:1,538 | 313 |
| Hong Kong | - | 60 | 1:129,212 | 2,970 |
| Norway | 100% | 54 | 1:95,043 | 3,127 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 54 | 1:643 | 121 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 48 | 1:1,538,075 | 40,404 |
| Thailand | 100% | 48 | 1:1,459,704 | 46,344 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 46 | 1:1,333 | 299 |
| Seychelles | - | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Spain | 100% | 43 | 1:1,082,092 | 9,010 |
| Panama | 100% | 41 | 1:95,282 | 4,823 |
| Brazil | 100% | 38 | 1:5,637,794 | 84,722 |
| Vietnam | - | 37 | 1:2,503,327 | 3,254 |
| Bermuda | - | 36 | 1:1,801 | 401 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 32 | 1:414 | 18 |
| Bulgaria | 76% | 32 | 1:218,450 | 5,251 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,008 | 219 |
| Grenada | 100% | 29 | 1:3,728 | 659 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 28 | 1:1,078,639 | 22,683 |
| Albania | 89% | 27 | 1:112,836 | 7,482 |
| Czechia | 100% | 27 | 1:394,673 | 2,241 |
| Brunei | - | 25 | 1:16,783 | 1,060 |
| Rwanda | - | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Turkey | 100% | 25 | 1:3,112,068 | 17,810 |
| Iran | - | 21 | 1:3,737,946 | 16,749 |
| South Korea | - | 19 | 1:291,812 | 9,421 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 17 | 1:483,147 | 7,811 |
| Finland | 100% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Italy | 100% | 16 | 1:3,816,381 | 20,790 |
| Kosovo | - | 15 | 1:124,096 | 6,158 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Belgium | 100% | 14 | 1:820,717 | 10,753 |
| France | 100% | 14 | 1:4,747,881 | 19,704 |
| Armenia | 100% | 13 | 1:224,519 | 3,838 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 13 | 1:366,765 | 6,353 |
| Denmark | - | 13 | 1:434,577 | 7,147 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,365,142 | 12,672 |
| Chile | 100% | 12 | 1:1,467,267 | 11,454 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 12 | 1:14,818 | 1,739 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Iceland | - | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Moldova | - | 10 | 1:356,114 | 2,508 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Honduras | - | 9 | 1:979,719 | 11,190 |
| Peru | 100% | 9 | 1:3,532,384 | 29,289 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 7 | 1:833 | 183 |
| Belarus | 60% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Montserrat | - | 5 | 1:975 | 152 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Greece | - | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 4 | 1:118,910 | 1,275 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Burundi | 100% | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Violét (1) are calculated separately.
Violet (6,525) may also be a surname.
Violet Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. from Old French violete, diminutive of Latin viola 'violet’. Violette occurs as a christian name in the south of France in the Middle Ages, and there are a few instances in England, e.g. the wife of Sir John Chandos (d. 1370). In the 16th C it is fairly common in Scotland, doubtless through French influence, and it has continued to be used there. It did not become general in England until the middle of the 19th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
(For etymology, see Viola.) In England it began as Joletta, from French Yolette; but into Scotland, which has always been partial to this name (now somewhat degraded socially in England, though a few aristocrats still bear it), it entered, ca. 1570, in its present shape: ‘the Scottish love of floral names took hold of it’ (Yonge).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name derived from Fr. violette, from the Latin viola.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (feminine) - fig. Modest grace.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Flower name.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Violet Forename Popularity
Violet Demographics
Average Violet Salary in
United States
$35,370 USD
Per year
Rank:
319,159 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0169512
Rank: 751 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
81.26%
Sample size: 39,507 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Violet Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Violet in the Russian language | ||
| Виолет | violet | - |
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