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Violetta

Gender
Girl
Say it
vee-oh-LET-uh
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,183 for girls

Violetta is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “little violet”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,183rd for girls in the US (196 babies).

What does Violetta mean?

Latin: Italian form of Violet, from Latin viola

“little violet”

Violetta Valery is the tragic heroine of Verdi's 1853 opera La Traviata.

Is Violetta a girl's or a boy's name?

Violetta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 196 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Violetta in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,935th among girls
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady much the same
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Violetta, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 11 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Violetta than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Violetta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

2007Busiest: 11 in 20132025
Violetta in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20246#3,758
20237#3,388
202210#2,615
20216#3,697
20209#2,766
20191#7,346
20187#3,344
201710#2,652
20166#3,788
201510#2,629
201410#2,618
201311#2,454
20127#3,471
20114#4,980
201010#2,540
20090–
20085#4,065
20073#5,415

How popular is Violetta in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,183rd among girls
Babies in 2025
196 about 1 in 8,200 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 196 girls in the US were named Violetta, making it the 1,183rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,559th. It first appears in the records in 1884.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Violetta of any year since it first appeared, in 1884.

Half of all the girls named Violetta in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1884Busiest: 196 in 20252025
Violetta in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025196#1,183
2024150#1,457
2023136#1,557
2022134#1,583
2021129#1,622
2020135#1,559
2019132#1,608
2018119#1,727
2017115#1,804
2016115#1,799
2015109#1,872
201497#2,027
201369#2,568
201257#2,977
201146#3,451
201027#5,106
200929#4,930
200824#5,747
200719#6,808
200630#4,684
200522#5,595
200414#7,823
200315#7,202
200222#5,250
200113#7,717
200014#7,152
199921#5,033
199811#8,011
19977#10,831
199610#8,127
199511#7,509
199410#8,116
19937#10,581
199214#6,307
19918#9,328
199014#6,125
198911#6,949
198810#7,106
198710#6,783
198614#5,185
198512#5,676
19849#6,808
19838#7,310
198211#5,909
19815#10,409
198012#5,543
19799#6,694
19785#9,748
19779#6,338
19769#6,046
197511#5,159
197413#4,458
197310#5,189
197210#5,108
19717#6,617
19708#5,817
19699#5,056
19688#5,146
19678#4,981
19668#4,865
19656#5,816
19649#4,635
19639#4,538
196213#3,591
196111#4,008
196012#3,687
19599#4,299
19589#4,192
195715#3,032
195615#3,047
195510#3,777
195415#2,888
19538#4,225
195216#2,670
195113#2,936
195012#3,051
194913#2,849
194813#2,827
194710#3,446
19468#3,664
19457#3,674
194420#1,915
194312#2,694
19428#3,442
19415#4,418
194015#2,108
19399#2,920
19389#2,938
193712#2,447
193610#2,688
193512#2,438
193415#2,086
193323#1,552
193218#1,876
193117#1,940
193021#1,747
192913#2,436
192818#2,022
192720#1,934
192627#1,588
192521#1,890
192422#1,871
192327#1,598
192219#2,027
192121#1,927
192023#1,751
191925#1,604
191829#1,451
191727#1,431
191629#1,357
191522#1,571
191420#1,444
191318#1,358
191216#1,352
19118#1,792
19108#1,773
190911#1,290
19087#1,676
190712#1,142
19069#1,321
19058#1,419
19046#1,658
19035#1,791
19029#1,219
19015#1,678
190012#1,105
18997#1,277
18980–
18975#1,554
18960–
18955#1,592
18946#1,352
18930–
18929#1,017
18917#1,093
18905#1,337
18897#1,024
18886#1,136
18870–
18860–
18850–
18848#793

Nicknames for Violetta

Names like Violetta

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Emilia, Aurelia, Arabella, Aurora, Luna, Isabella, Isla, Nova, Valentina, Amelia, Alba, Eliza

Names related to Violetta

Violet, Violette, Violeta, Violett

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Max, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin, Felix

Every Latin name

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, “Violetta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/violetta, updated 20 October 2026.