Given name & surname
Violante
“violet”
Violante is a feminine given name from Late Latin, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Italian and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Violante goes back to Latin viola, meaning “violet.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Violante is a variant of Viola. An origin associated with Viola is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Late Latin Violantes, from Latin viola (“violet”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Violante is a variant of Viola. The history of Viola gives this family its wider story. Shakespeare used Viola for the heroine of Twelfth Night. Viola’s Latin flower meaning and its later association with the English flower name both form part of its appeal and naming history.
Explained through its name family
Violante’s family of names
Violante has a related form in Viola. In Italian usage, Violante has a related form in Iolanda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Violante
- Violant of AragonCastilian queen-consort1236–1301
- Violante PlacidoItalian actress and singerborn 1976
- Violante Beatrice of BavariaSienese governor; wife of Grand Prince Ferdinando (1673-1731)
- Yolande Palaeologina of MontferratCountess of Savoy1315–1342
- Violante ViscontiHouse of Visconti1354–1386
- Violante do CéuPortuguese writer1607–1693
- Violante of VilaragutMajorcan Queen consort and writer1320–1372
- Violante Beatrice SiriesItalian painter (1709-1783)
- Violante Atabalipa Ximenes de Bivar e VellascoBrazilian feminist, writer and newspaper owner (1817-1875)
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