Violette

Where Violette comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Violette.

  • Vowel-ended
Violette through the years
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #1,108 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1907
    Violette Leduc born
    French writer
  3. 1908
    Peak, #583
    41 babies named Violette, its best rank.
  4. 1921
    Violette Szabo born
    French-British SOE spy
  5. 1936
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,950.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Violette Szabo · French-British SOE spy, 1921–1945
  • Violette Leduc · French writer, 1907–1972
  • Violette Morris · French athlete, 1893–1944
  • Violette Verdy · ballerina and ballet teacher, 1933–2016
  • Violette Wautier · Thai singer and actress, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.