vye-O-luh; VYE-uh-luh; vee-O-la
Viola
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About Viola
Variation of Violet
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,252 | 194 | 108.6 |
| 2015 | #1,274 | 192 | 107.6 |
| 2016 | #1,139 | 223 | 125.8 |
| 2017 | #1,164 | 212 | 122.8 |
| 2018 | #1,143 | 214 | 125.8 |
| 2019 | #1,076 | 234 | 139.4 |
| 2020 | #1,119 | 216 | 133.6 |
| 2021 | #1,168 | 210 | 128 |
| 2022 | #1,033 | 248 | 151.2 |
| 2023 | #1,072 | 232 | 144.6 |
| 2024 | #1,190 | 199 | 122.8 |
| 2025 | #1,015 | 247 | 153.7 |
World rankings
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Famous Violas
- Viola Maud Compton
English actress.
- Viola Mary Lyel
English actress.
- Viola Keats
English actress.
- Viola Elisabeth of Teschen
Queen consort of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia and Poland.
- Viola Davis Tennon
American actress.
- Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo
American minister and civil rights activist.
- Viola Farber
American choreographer and dancer.
- Viola Tree
English actress.
- Viola Harris
American actress.
- Viola Emily Allen
American silent film actress.
- Viola Barry (born Gladys Viola Wilson)
American silent film actress.
- Viola Dana (born Virginia Flugrath)
American silent film actress.
- Viola Cheptoo Lagat
Kenyan middle distance runner.
- Viola Bauer
German skier.
- Viola Odebrecht
German footballer.
- Viola Myers
Canadian sprinter.
- Viola Estelle Gentry
American aviatrix.
- Viola Mae Wills
American pop singer.
- Viola Gillette
American operatic contralto.
- Viola Spolin
American theatre coach.
- Viola Haqi
Dutch model.
- Viola Poley
German rower.
- Viola Maud (Lyttelton) Grosvenor
Duchess of Westminister 10 June 1912 – 3 May 1987) was the wife of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster.
- Viola Georgina Grosvenor (b. 1992)
English heiress; granddaughter of Viola Grosvenor.
- Viola Mikkelsen (b. 1992)
daughter of actor Mads Mikkelsen.
- Viola Baah (b. 2012)
daughter of actress Beverly Afaglo and singer Praye Honeho.
- Viola Philomena Gallagher (b.2014)
daughter of ators Megan Hilty and Brian Gallagher.
- Viola Forchhammer (b.2016)
daughter of Lukas Forchhammer of the band Lukas Graham.
- Reece Viola Hamilton
daughter of athletes Laird Hamilton & Gabrielle Reece.
Viola in pop culture
- Viola
main character in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night;" twin of brother Sebastian
- Viola Eade
main character in the "Chaos Walking" trilogy
- Viola Lucy
character in the Chalet School series
- Viola "Vi
" waitress in the movie "Grease"
- Viola
one of Jake's daughters in animated series Adventure Time
- Viola Hastings
character in film "She's the Man"
- Viola De Lesseps
character in film "Shakespeare in Love"
- Viola
character in "Saints Row 3"
- Viola Cadaverini
character in "Ace Attorney" video game series
- Viola
character in video game "The Witch's House"
- Viola
character in the Soul Calibur series of games.
- Viola
a bug,type gym leader from the Pokemon video games and anime
- Viola
character in anime "Kiddy Grade"
- Viola
character in video game series TimeSplitters
- Viola
character in the Japanese video game series Zone of the Enders
- Viola
character in video game Eternal Sonata
- Viola Beach
late English rock band
- A viola is a stringed instrument
slightly larger than the violin, missing the violin E string and instead has a C string.
- Viola Willoughby
character played by Kate Siegel in “The Haunting of Bly Manor.”
Variations & nicknames
- ViolkaCzech
- YolandeFrench
- JolantaPolish
- VioleFrench
