Parents are moving away from common baby names and using surnames.

Nameberry violet. NameViolet names pretty short though so I dont think that it has to have a nickname. NameLettie name is my favorite with nameVi name to rhyme with my a close second. According to Nameberry The Victorian Violet one of the prettiest of the color and flower names was chosen by high-profile parents Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck definitely a factor in its rapid climb to popularity.

When I lived in the mid-west last year and was working as a childrens librarian I heard name_fVioletname_f everywhere. Violet cracked into the Top 50 for the first time ever in 2015. Lavender ranks at number 503 on Nameberry.

Margot is in second place no doubt inspired by actress Margot Robbie Credit. The name Violette is a girls name of French origin meaning purple. Feb 05 2016 at 312 PM.

Its a favorite of kidlit authors and other celebrity parents. The rhythm of the musical instrument the association with the flower the trending Vi beginning and its leading role in Shakespeares Twelfth Night. Of course Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have the most well-known Violet but Dave Grohl Christina Milian and Poppy Montgomery named their girls Violet too.

The name Viola is a girls name of Italian Latin origin meaning violet. Many parents choose to honor their familys heritage by choosing a baby name from the same source others just love the style of boy names from a certain language or culture. Now that Violet is becoming more popular parents may start exploring same-but-different options such as the French Violette which would properly be pronounced with a long e sound in the first syllable and three syllables -- vee-oh-let -- as well as the operatic Italian Violetta.

A family tree takes you back generationsthe worlds largest collection of online family history. I hope this helps. Some credit must go to Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck for choosing the name in 2005.