Baby name
REVIVING
🇦🇷 🇦🇺 🇦🇹 Violet
/VY · uh · let/
Meaning
“Unknown”
Latin 'viola' for the violet flower, virtue-name symbolizing modesty; revived 2000s-2010s as a bohemian-literary vintage choice.
Nicknames
vi · viola · letty
Vibe
elegantgentle
How it ages.
Violet exploded from rare to top-20 across English-speaking countries 2010-2025 as a bohemian-vintage name revival.
The cultural moment.
United States and UK saw Violet climb to top-10 2015-2025; Canada and Australia follow; represents strongest modern-day revival vintage name.