Violet (first name)
Violet is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The first name Violet comes (with different pronunciation) from English or French . In both languages it means " violet ".
Name bearers
- Violet Archer (1913-2000), Canadian composer
- Violet Bonham Carter (1887–1969), British politician
- Daisy and Violet Hilton (1908–1969), actresses and Siamese twins
- Violet Hunt (1862-1942), British author
- Violet Jacob (1863-1946), Scottish writer
- Violet Jessop (1887–1971), British stewardess
- Violet Kemble-Cooper (1886–1961), British actress
- Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland (1856–1937), British art patron and artist
- Violet Oakley (1874–1961), American painter, illustrator, writer and pacifist
- Violet Olney (1911-1999), British athlete
- Violet Pierceu (* approx. 1900), French marathon runner
- Violet Schiff (1874–1962), English patroness and translator
- Violet Trefusis (1894–1972), British writer
- Violet Webb (1915-1999), British athlete