Given name
Violeta
“resembling the purplishblue flower”
Violeta is a variant of Violet. One French interpretation is “resembling the purplishblue flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Violeta is a variant of Violet. One French interpretation is “resembling the purplishblue flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Violeta is a variant of Violet. An origin associated with Violet is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Italian Violetta, from Latin viola (“a violet”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Violeta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,735
- 5 boys · 8,730 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 451 babies
- 2025
- 451
- #641 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +46%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 451 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 641 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 46.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (125). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,671 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.
Violeta’s family of names
Violeta has a related form in Violet. In Portuguese usage, Violeta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Violet. In Portuguese usage, Violeta has a conventional equivalent in the Danish form Viola.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Violeta has relatives in 13 languages.
12 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- VioletteFrench
- ViolaGerman, Swedish
- ViolettaItalian
- Violeequivalent
- Violantaequivalent
- Wiolaequivalent
- Ibolyaequivalent
- ВиолеттаRussian
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People named Violeta
- Violeta ChamorroPresident of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997 (1929–2025)
- Violeta ParraChilean musician and folklorist1917–1967
- Violeta BermúdezPeruvian politicianborn 1961
- Violeta BulcSlovenian politicianborn 1964
- Violeta UrmanaLithuanian opera singerborn 1959
- Violeta SzekelyRomanian middle-distance runnerborn 1965
- Viyaleta BardzilouskayaBelarusian trampoline gymnastborn 2005
- Violeta G. Ivanovaastronomerborn 2000
- Violetta QuesadaCuban sprinter (1947–2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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