Violett
Feminine · “little violet”
Violett respells Violet, and the flower's name is a Latin diminutive — viola, the violet, made smaller by the French who borrowed it.
How old is the name Violett?
Violett first appears in US birth records in 1899 — 126 years ago. The typical Violett is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Violett are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Violett most popular?
Violett peaked in 1899, reaching #1596 nationally. Today it ranks #1902, 306 places below that high. See the whole 1899 chart.
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Where it comes from
From viola to Violett
The story of Violett
Violet was among the flower names that rose in Victorian England and again in the 2000s. The violet was Napoleon's emblem — his supporters wore them while he was on Elba, and the flower became a coded political sign. Violett is a German and Hungarian spelling, and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
little violet
From the Latin viola, 'violet', with the French diminutive -ette. The Latin word may itself be a borrowing from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language, as many plant names are. The instrument called a viola is a separate word from the medieval vitula. The flower reading is undisputed.
How the name formed
- viola
- violette
- Violet
- Violett
Related forms: Violet · Violette · Violett
Pronouncing Violett
VY-uh-let
Three syllables, stress on the first. French Violette places the stress at the end.
Nicknames for Violett
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1899
- Most girls named
- 2025102 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1596reached in 1899
- Change vs 2024
- +17.2%102 in 2025, from 87
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Violett in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Violet in English — spelling variant
- Violette in French — related form
- Violett in German — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Violetts among us
people named Violett are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 15,758 born in 2025 was named Violett
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Violett
- #1902
- Violett on the 2025 chart
- #16
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Violett went to 102 girls in 2025, but Violet is the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 7,655, which makes it the 16th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,886 places above the chart.
- Violet7,546
- Violett102
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 girl in 210 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 15,758 for Violett itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Violett is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Violett is headed
Violett looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 17% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Violett beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Violett in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The flower meaning is concrete, transparent and undisputed.
- The Napoleonic violet as a secret political emblem is a genuinely good story.
- Vi and Lettie are two short forms, both with real use.
- Violet is overwhelmingly the standard English spelling.
- Violette is the French form and is also in use.
- The doubled t will need dictating.
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Frequently asked
- How many Violetts are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Violett are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Violett?
- Violett is one of 2 recorded spellings. Violet is the more common one — 7,546 births in 2025 against 102 for Violett.
- How popular is the name Violett in 2025?
- Violett ranks #1902 among US girl names in 2025, with 102 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Violett?
- About 1 in every 15,758 US girls born in 2025 was named Violett — 102 in all.
- Will my child share the name Violett with classmates?
- Violett will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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