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Violet is a female given name which comes from the eponymous flower.As with other such names, its popularity has varied dramatically over time. Flower names were commonly used from about 1880 through about 1910 in the United States, with usage dropping throughout the next 80 years or so; Violet was the 88th most frequent girls' given name in 1900, dropping below position 1000 by 1960.
Abigail is a feminine given name.The name comes from the Biblical Hebrew: אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל ʾĂḇīḡayīl, meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father is exulted" or "my father is joyful", among others).
In Christian iconography plants appear mainly as attributes on the pictures of Christ or the Virgin Mary. Christological plants are among others the vine, the columbine, the carnation and the flowering cross, which grows out of an acanthus plant surrounded by tendrils. Mariological symbols include the rose, lily, olive, cedar, cypress and palm.
Vivian. Vivian (and variants such as Vivien and Vivienne) is a given name, and less often a surname, derived from a Latin name of the Roman Empire period, masculine Vivianus and feminine Viviana, which survived into modern use because it is the name of two early Christian female martyrs as well as of a male saint and bishop.
Yolanda is a female given name, of Greek origin, meaning "Violet". The form of the name in Greek is Iolanthe. In German and Dutch the name is spelled Jolanda, in Czech and Slovak Jolantha, in Polish Jolanta, in Italian, Portuguese and Romanian Iolanda. Yolonda is an African-American spelling of the name. Notable people and characters with these ...
Tamara. Tamara is a feminine given name of Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, Hindi, Sanskrit and Russian origins. It means date, date palm or palm tree and it is derived from biblical name Tamar ( Hebrew: תמר tamar ). In the Arabic from the singular form Tamra ( Arabic: تَمْرَة tamrah) and the plural form Tamar ( Arabic: تَمْر tamr ).
Meaning. "violet". Viorica is a Romanian female given name, derived from Romanian viorea, a violet (flower). Notable people with the name include: Viorica Agarici, a Romanian nurse, the chairwoman of the local Red Cross in the city of Roman during World War II and the Ion Antonescu regime. Viorica Cortez, a Romanian-born French mezzo-soprano.
Jessica (originally Iessica, also Jesica, Jesika, Jessicah, Jessika, or Jessikah) [ 1] is a female given name . The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of the Shakespearean character Jessica, from the play The Merchant of Venice.