Violeta
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Spanish diminutive/variant of Viola; from Latin viola 'violet'
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bjoleta/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Violeta is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- RORomania≈1 in 918(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.2K
- PEPeru≈1 in 1.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Violeta itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 286 (measured from records)
- 1 in 591 (inferred from the name graph)
≈89,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Albania
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Spanish diminutive/variant of Viola; from Latin viola 'violet'
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Violeta, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Violeta counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #402 | ≈89,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Violeta | 77 |
| BG Bulgaria | — | 25,790as Виолета | 1 in 270 | 26K | — | 1 |
| RO Romania | #157 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 918 | — | Violeta | 87 |
| PE Peru | #181 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Violeta | 74 |
| US United States | — | 13,671 | 1 in 24K | 14K | Violeta | 286 |
| RS Serbia | #702 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 604 | listed | Violeta | 17 |
| MK North Macedonia | #695 | 8,407as Виолета | 1 in 253 | 8.4K | Violeta | 5 |
| AL Albania | — | 5,198 | 1 in 591 | 5.2K | — | — |
| MD Moldova | #219 | 4,576 | 1 in 735 | 4.6K | Violeta | 35 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NSI — most common given names (population); State Statistical Office — living population names; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Violeta is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Violeta är en spansk smekform till → Viola, medan Violetta är en italiensk. En känd namnbärare är den chilenska folksångerskan Violeta Parra (1917–67) medan namnformen Violetta är bekant genom huvudpersonen i Verdis opera La Traviata (1853).
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In German, weibl. Vom. zu span, violeta »Veil chen«.
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Latvian, Sievietes vārds
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Violeta Parrab. 1917CLChilean musician and folklorist
- Violeta Barrios de Chamorrob. 1929NIPresident of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997 (1929–2025)
- Isabel Parrab. 1939CLnot in their usual nameChilean singer songwriter
- Violeta Andreib. 1941ROactress from Romania
- Violeta Dinescub. 1953RORomanian German composer and pianist (born 1953)
- Violeta Urmanab. 1961LTLithuanian opera singer
- Violeta Bermúdezb. 1961PEPeruvian politician
- Violeta Bulcb. 1964SISlovenian politician
- Violeta Szekelyb. 1965RORomanian middle-distance runner
- Viki Miljkovićb. 1974RSnot in their usual nameSerbian singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 88 sources across 43 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG Bulgaria | NSI — most common given names (population) | 2018 | 26K | #12 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 14K | #2,006 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 5.2K | #21 |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 4.6K | #180 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 451 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 15 | #2,006 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1986 | 5 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Violeta?
- A machine transcription gives /bjoleta/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What are other forms of the name Violeta?
- In the etymology graph, Viola, Violet and Vi are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Violeta a male or female name?
- Violeta is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Violeta mean, and where does it come from?
- Spanish diminutive/variant of Viola; from Latin viola 'violet' Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- In which country does Violeta have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 89 thousand people named Violeta in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled violeta.
- Where is Violeta most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Violeta is densest in Albania — about 1 in 591 people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Violeta?
- In the United States, the national register counted 13,671 people named Violeta in 2020, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.
- How common is Violeta compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Violeta is the 402nd most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/violetaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Violeta” — the 402nd most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.