Violet-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VY-o-let-MAY
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Violet-May is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “violet flower + the month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Violet-May mean?
English: Violet + May
“violet flower + the month of May”
Joins Violet (English, “violet flower”) and May (English, “the month of May”).
Meanings borrowed from Violet and May.
Is Violet-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Violet-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Violet-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Violet-May, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Violet-May in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Violet-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
Names like Violet-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Violet, Ivy, Felicity, Arabella, Penelope, Harper, Willow, Evelyn, Olive, Emilia, Ophelia, Autumn
More English names
Lily, Hudson, Grace, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Violet-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/violet-may, updated 20 October 2026.