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Meaning. "violet". 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 ...
Violets, symbol of Sapphic love. Violets and their color became a special code used by lesbians and bisexual women. The symbolism of the flower derives from several fragments of poems by Sappho in which she describes a lover wearing garlands or a crown with violets.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
This category is for feminine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language feminine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Latin. Meaning. "violet". Other names. Related names. Violet. Viola is a feminine given name derived from the Latin viola, given in reference to the flowering plant species. The name is in common use in Italy. It is best known in the Anglosphere as a character in William Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night.
Agariste. Agnes (name) Alexandra. Alexia (given name) Aliki (name) Alina. Amalia (given name) Amaryllis (given name) Anastasia.
Murasaki Shikibu. Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部, 'Lady Murasaki'; c. 973 – c. 1014 or 1025) was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, widely considered to be one of the world's first novels, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012.
Skuld - Oh My Goddess! Mii (May or Mei in Anglo dubbed) - Jungle De Ikou! Rongo - Jungle De Ikou! Holo - Spice and Wolf. Aqua - KonoSuba. Ristarte - Cautious Hero. Valkyrie - Cautious Hero. Hestia - Danmachi. Haruhi Suzumiya - the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya.