Violante

Greek and Latin
"purple flower"

Violante Origin and Meaning

The name Violante is a girl's name of Spanish, Greek origin meaning "purple flower".

Too close to violent.

Famous People Named Violante

  • Violante PlacidoItalian actress ("The American")
  • Violante BeatrixGrand Princess of Tuscany (wife of Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici), and later Governor of Siena
  • Violante Doriaan extremely successful Genoese soprano singer
  • Violante Beatrice SiriesItalian painter
  • Violante do Ceonun and celebrated poet
  • Violante Viscontidaughter of Galleazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan, Duchess of Clarence (through her first marriage) and Marchioness of Montferrat (through her second)
  • Violante of Vilaragutqueen of Majora and later Vicomtesse d'Omélas

Violante in Pop Culture

  • Violante Onesti aka Sandrinamain character in Mozart's opera "La finta giardiniera"
  • ViolanteHer Ugliness, character in the Inkheart Trilogy