Violett
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VY-uh-lit
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,902 for girls
Violett is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “violet flower”. In 2025 it ranked 1,902nd for girls in the US (102 babies).
What does Violett mean?
English: spelling of Violet, via Old French from Latin viola
“violet flower”
A spelling of Violet, from the flower name, which came via Old French violette from Latin viola.
Is Violett a girl's or a boy's name?
Violett is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 102 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Violett in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 girls.
Violett in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
How popular is Violett in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,902nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 102 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 102 girls in the US were named Violett, making it the 1,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. It first appears in the records in 1899.
2025 had the most girls named Violett of any year since it first appeared, in 1899.
Half of all the girls named Violett in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 109 girls in the US were given Violett or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,599, up from #1,902 for this spelling alone.
- Violett 102
- Vyolet 7
Violett in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102 | #1,902 |
| 2024 | 87 | #2,178 |
| 2023 | 97 | #2,020 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,463 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,482 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,676 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,386 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2015 | 53 | #3,129 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
Nicknames for Violett
- Vi 6 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Violett
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harper, Scarlett, Willow, Elodie, Isla, Ivy, Everly, Poppy, Arabella, Mila, Vienna, Freya
Other spellings of Violett
Names related to Violett
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Daisy, 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), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Violett: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/violett, updated 20 October 2026.