Given name & surname
Velvet
“wearing a soft fabric; velvety”
Velvet is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “wearing a soft fabric; velvety.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “wearing a soft fabric; velvety.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Velvet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,101
- 5 boys · 3,096 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 332 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,824 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +38%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,824 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 38.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 332 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,588 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Velvet’s family of names
Velvet has a related form in Velouette. Velvet has a related form in Velveta. Velvet has a related form in Velvete.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Velvettavariant
- Velvettvariant
- Velvettevariant
- Vellvetlikely variant
- Velouettevariant
- Velvetavariant
- Velvytvariant
- Velvitvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Velvet
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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