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Violette

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Gender: F Meaning of Violette: "purple" Origin of Violette: French variation of Violet, Latin flower and color name

The name Violette is a girl's name of French origin meaning "purple". Violette and is often added to user-created lists like Old-Fashioned, Vintage, Retro, Classic, Eclectic, Unusual and Uncommon Names for Girls and discussed in our forums with posts like "Family Heritage Generation Dice CAF".

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Now that Violet is becoming more popular, parents may start exploring same-but-different options such as the French Violette, which would properly be pronounced with a long e sound in the first syllable and three syllables -- vee-oh-let -- as well as the operatic Italian Violetta.

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Famous People Named Violette

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Violette Verdy (born Nelly Armande Guillerm), French ballerina
Violette Selfridge, daughter of American/English entrepreneur Harry Selfridge
Violette Leduc, French novelist
Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, French-British WWII special agent
Violette Malan, Canadian fantasy novelist
Kimberly Violette Petty, aka AnnaKim Violette, daughter of Tom Petty

Pop Culture References for the name Violette

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"Violette Noziere," 1978 French film
Violette Bellflower, rabbit character in the Beechwood Bunny Tales series by Geneviève Huriet

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