Viola

Where Viola comes from

From Latin viola (“violet”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Viola
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #94 among girls — 229 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1908
    Peak, #42
    1,964 babies named Viola — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #187.
  4. 1962
    Viola Amherd born
    Swiss politician
  5. 1965
    Viola Davis born
    American actress and producer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Viola Davis · American actress and producer, born 1965
  • Viola Amherd · Swiss politician, born 1962
  • Viola Dana · actress, 1897–1987
  • Viola Myers · athletics competitor, 1927–1993
  • Viola Desmond · Canadian activist, 1914–1965

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.