Nicknames for Violet
30 ideas for Violet — the short forms people actually use, plus cute, funny and gamer versions. Copy any of them in one click.
- Vi the classic clip, rhymes with eye
- Vee the spelled-out letter version
- Lettie the back clip, warm and old-fashioned
- Letty the y spelling
- Vio the two-syllable clip
- Vivi doubled from Vi, warm
- Violetta the Italian form
- Violette the French form
- Violeta the Spanish and Romanian form
- Viola the Latin original, and a Shakespeare heroine
- Wioletta the Polish form
- Ibolya the Hungarian name for the same flower
- Yolanda the Greek-derived violet name
- Vi-Bear the usual affectionate pattern
- Violet-Rose the standard compound
- Violet-Mae the Southern double name
- Letty-Bug family pet name
- V initial only, in group chats
- Vy the alternative spelling of Vi
- Vi-Vi doubled, used by younger siblings
- Violent the one-letter tease, said affectionately
- Beauregarde the Willy Wonka joke, inevitable
- Ultraviolet the escalation, and a good one
- Shrinking Violet said ironically to the loudest friend
- Vi-Lo the compact friend form
- Vivid Violet Shares the "V" sound with Violet.
- Velvet Violet Shares the "V" sound with Violet.
- Violet Comet "Comet" rhymes with Violet.
- Violet Velvet "Velvet" rhymes with Violet.
- Violet Sweet "Sweet" rhymes with Violet.
About the name Violet.
Edwardian nurseries were full of them. This name ranked among the top hundred American girls' names for the whole of the 1900s and 1910s, alongside Ruby, Pearl and Opal, and like them it crashed. The word comes from Latin viola through Old French violette, and it names the flower first and the colour second, which is why the shade sits at the far end of the spectrum rather than in the middle of it. By 1980 the name was effectively extinct in America. A well-publicised celebrity daughter in 2005 marked the turn, though the recovery had quietly begun already, and it now sits comfortably in the top twenty.
Crisp and slightly severe for a flower name, thanks to the t at the end and the sharp v at the start. It carries a Victorian formality that the shorter forms undercut completely. Vi is abrupt and old-fashioned in a good way, Vee is softer, and Lettie is almost a different name.
Most popular around 2020. Based on US birth records.
- Origin
- Latin
- Meaning
- violet flower
- Syllables
- Vi·o·let
- Used as
- a girls’ name
Violet around the world.
These are the real forms Violet takes in other languages, which often make excellent nicknames in their own right.
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Violette
French
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Violetta
Italian
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Violeta
Spanish
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Viola
Latin
Famous people called Violet.
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Violet Jessop
survived the Titanic sinking
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Violet Trefusis
English writer and socialite
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Violet Chachki
American drag performer
Questions about the name Violet
What are the nicknames for Violet? +
Vi is the historical standard and was near universal among the first generation of bearers. Vee is the modern respelling. Lettie and Letty come off the back of the name and were common in Britain. Vio appears occasionally but never really caught on.
How do Violet, Viola and Violeta differ? +
All three come from the same Latin word. Viola is the Latin form itself, used by Shakespeare in Twelfth Night and also the name of the instrument. Violet is the English development of the French diminutive. Violeta and Violetta are the Spanish and Italian versions.
What does Violet mean? +
The flower, from Latin viola. The colour name came later and was borrowed from the plant, so a girl called Violet is named for a small purple woodland flower rather than for a shade of purple, however inseparable the two now feel.
How popular is Violet now? +
Much more than most people expect. It reentered the American top hundred in 2009 and the top twenty in the 2020s, part of a broad return of flower and gemstone names. It is also strong in Australia and rising steadily in Britain.