Viola
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning violet flower; from the latin name.
Babies a year
208
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1051
32 babies
Viola by the numbers
In 2025, 32 babies in England and Wales were named Viola. In the US, 208 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 4,331 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Viola. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Viona21 in the US (2017)
- Violetthe violet flower; purple1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
- Violetaviolet flower; symbol of modesty256 in the US (2017)
- Vibharadiant, shining, or luminous20 in the US (2017)
- Vieratrue; a form of Vera4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Vivialiving; a form of Livia or Vivian20 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a flower
Like Viola, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
- Jasminejasmine flower; gift from god455 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
- Florenceflourishing, in bloom1,924 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Viola
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