MEANING & HISTORY
What does Violeta mean?
Violeta is the Spanish word for violet used as a personal name. The flower word also belongs to a wider European botanical name family. The plant is the immediate meaning; modesty or faithfulness are symbolic interpretations.
The final a is part of the established word and personal-name form.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Tagalog
- /vijoˈleta/
- [vjoˈlɛː.t̪ɐ]
- /bijoˈleta/
- [bjoˈlɛː.t̪ɐ]
Vi · o · le · ta4 written divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
The cited sources trace Violeta through Spanish.
Wiktionary records Violeta as a personal name in Tagalog, Spanish.
Dictionary accounts by language
Tagalog
Wiktionary: Violeta (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Spanish
Wiktionary: Violeta (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Violeta
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Violeta López Gonzaga
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Similar names to Violeta
Explore names with a similar opening or ending.
- Coleta♀Medieval short form in the Nicole family
- Aleta♀Possibly a variant of Alethea, the truth name
- Loreta♀Loreto variant with a laurel-grove place-name history
- Vicenta♀Feminine of Vicente/Vincent: conquering
- Vilma♀Form of Wilma, in the William family
- Julieta♀Spanish or Portuguese form of Juliet
- Marieta♀Diminutive of Maria
- Vicente♂Conquering; prevailing
What rhymes with Violeta?
Dictionary rhyme matches for the readings shown.
Names with a similar written ending
These suggestions match the written ending; use the dictionary readings above for sound-based rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Violeta
1 source-reported compound form includes this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Explore combinations →Explore Violeta further
Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 4 elected-candidate records · ODbL 1.0
- Wikidata
- 1 person record with this given name · Q2527460 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q2527460 — Violeta (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Violeta López Gonzaga (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Violeta (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Violeta (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Violeta (opens in a new tab)