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popularity of Violet?

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Jw35 · 28/03/2016 20:41

I'm due a baby girl in July and have already decided on the name Violet. I keep googling and can't tell how popular it is? It seems to be in the top 100 but I've never known of any!

Have you met or do you know any little Violets? Would you say it's popular or not so? I don't mind but would prefer it if it wasn't too popular or on the rise! Thanks

Also do you think Mae is a good middle name?

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jobrum · 28/03/2016 21:44

I have one! She's one. Never met another. Don't know that many children though so there could be loads out there I just don't know about.

Like the sound of Mae, not the spelling.

buntymo · 28/03/2016 21:38

I know 2 violets and 1 Mae all under 8

Only1scoop · 28/03/2016 21:34

Love Violet
Mae is awful

Friolero · 28/03/2016 21:32

I know one, aged 5.

nellyflora · 28/03/2016 21:28

3 under 2

Ilovenannyplum · 28/03/2016 21:17

Oh I love Violet, such a pretty name :) I've not come across one and I attend a lot of toddler groups with my 18 month old Smile

insancerre · 28/03/2016 21:13

I know 2 violets
One is 5 and the other is 4

MrsS1990 · 28/03/2016 21:08

I don't know any. It's a lovely name. Don't use Mae rose or grace middle names though. They are just boring filler names now x

soundsystem · 28/03/2016 21:00

I don't know any Violet's of any age. I think it's lovely. Not so keen on Mae, personally.

NoCapes · 28/03/2016 20:57

Violet - yes
Mae - no!

TipBoov · 28/03/2016 20:57

I only know one Violet, she's two. I think it's a lovely name.

nectarini1983 · 28/03/2016 20:56

I really like Violet

DaisyFranceLynch · 28/03/2016 20:55

I think Violet is a lovely name, btw.

DaisyFranceLynch · 28/03/2016 20:53

I know one teenage Violet but haven't met any others.

Violet is towards the bottom of the top 100 and there were only 754 Violets born in England and Wales last year. To put that in context there are more than 24000 schools in the UK so there's a very good chance that there won't be more than one Violet in her class - because there is more diversity in names these days, even the most popular names are shared by far fewer children than was the case in the 1970s and 1980s.

I think May and Mae are pretty but becoming almost default middle name choices (a bit like Grace and Rose), unless there's a family connection.

IHeartKingThistle · 28/03/2016 20:46

I know one. I think it's lovely and not too popular.

It is apparently very annoying that most people don't say it with a T on the end though (I can verify this as the owner of a DS with a name that also ends in T!).

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