Violette
Girl · vee-o-LET · Latin
Violette is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “violet (flower)”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 893rd for girls in the US (298 babies).
What does Violette mean?
Latin: French form of Violet, from Latin viola
“violet (flower)”
Violette Szabo was a British SOE agent in occupied France, posthumously awarded the George Cross in 1946.
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Is Violette a girl's or a boy's name?
Violette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 298 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Violette in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Violette, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Violette in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Violette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
How popular is Violette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #893among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 298about 1 in 5,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 298 girls in the US were named Violette, making it the 893rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. It first appears in the records in 1886.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Violette of any year since it first appeared, in 1886.
Half of all the girls named Violette in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Violette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 298 | #893 |
| 2024 | 271 | #961 |
| 2023 | 262 | #981 |
| 2022 | 235 | #1,069 |
| 2021 | 248 | #1,024 |
| 2020 | 260 | #981 |
| 2019 | 254 | #1,010 |
| 2018 | 230 | #1,090 |
| 2017 | 203 | #1,198 |
| 2016 | 196 | #1,241 |
| 2015 | 204 | #1,215 |
| 2014 | 187 | #1,281 |
| 2013 | 171 | #1,362 |
| 2012 | 104 | #1,911 |
| 2011 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2010 | 104 | #1,928 |
| 2009 | 103 | #2,005 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,295 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,822 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,016 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,514 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,409 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,470 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,199 |
| 1930 | 44 | #1,117 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,270 |
| 1927 | 64 | #935 |
| 1926 | 62 | #952 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,020 |
| 1924 | 87 | #797 |
| 1923 | 87 | #782 |
| 1922 | 107 | #705 |
| 1921 | 87 | #784 |
| 1920 | 117 | #671 |
| 1919 | 91 | #735 |
| 1918 | 133 | #612 |
| 1917 | 121 | #621 |
| 1916 | 94 | #709 |
| 1915 | 87 | #718 |
| 1914 | 69 | #692 |
| 1913 | 62 | #659 |
| 1912 | 66 | #603 |
| 1911 | 34 | #741 |
| 1910 | 33 | #737 |
| 1909 | 38 | #638 |
| 1908 | 41 | #583 |
| 1907 | 32 | #666 |
| 1906 | 28 | #689 |
| 1905 | 33 | #609 |
| 1904 | 24 | #710 |
| 1903 | 19 | #789 |
| 1902 | 21 | #756 |
| 1901 | 17 | #795 |
| 1900 | 19 | #860 |
| 1899 | 18 | #756 |
| 1898 | 18 | #790 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 15 | #843 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,085 |
| 1891 | 11 | #839 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
Nicknames for Violette
- Vi 6 girls in the US in 2025
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