Viola

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Gender Feminine
Usage English, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Czech
Pronounced Pron. vie-O-lə(English)
 vi-O-lə(English)
 VIE-ə-lə(English)
 VYAW-la(Italian)
 vi-OO-la(Swedish)
 VYO-la(German)
 VEE-o-law(Hungarian)
 VI-yo-la(Czech)
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Meaning & History

Means "violet" in Latin. This was the name of the heroine in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night (1602).

Related Names

VariantsViolet(English) Ibolya, Violetta(Hungarian)
DiminutivesVi(English) Violetta(Italian)
Other Languages & CulturesVioleta(Bulgarian) Violette(French) Violeta(Lithuanian) Violeta(Macedonian) Wiola, Wioleta, Wioletta(Polish) Violeta, Viorica(Romanian) Violetta(Russian) Violeta(Serbian) Violeta(Spanish)
Surname DescendantViola(Italian)
User SubmissionVíóla

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People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   delicate   refined   strange   serious   nerdy  

Name Days

Czech Republic: May 25
Estonia: June 3
Hungary: December 19
Latvia: May 4
Latvia: November 24
Slovakia: May 18
Sweden: October 29

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