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What do you think of when you hear the name Violet?

59 replies

namesstress2323 · 18/01/2017 23:33

Can't decide if i love it
or hate it.

Opinions? does it remind you too much of the colour?

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Joeybee · 23/01/2017 00:16

Violet is nice, and I think people aren't so strongly associating it with the character anymore from Charlie and the chocolate factory. My concern with this name is that Vi is not a nice nn.

Cantusethatname · 19/01/2017 20:09

I'll scthream and scthream until I'm thick!

winkygirl · 19/01/2017 19:21

Lovely name. My colleague's pre-school age DD is called Violet. They don't shorten it although I can imagine Vi or Vee as a nickname when she gets older.

Violet = Violent? Only as much as:-
Maddie = mad
Kirsty = cursed
Eve = evil
etc.

midsomermurderess · 19/01/2017 16:53

A truly horrible woman I worked with who named one of her children Violet.

KanyeWesticle · 19/01/2017 16:46

Little blue flower

chartreuse · 19/01/2017 16:44

I think of the flower. It's a lovely name, I know a Violet, nn Vivi, which is beautiful

Afishcalledchips · 19/01/2017 16:44

The colour or as saltedcaramel said, Parma Violets.

summerholsdreamin · 19/01/2017 16:41

My gorgeous Labrador!!! (Totally outed myself now Grin)

Daisypopslop · 19/01/2017 16:32

Violet from Charlie and the chocolate factory.
Always see violent first sadly, plus first autocorrect for it.
Apart from that I feel I should like it more than I actually do.

JellyTeapot · 19/01/2017 16:26

I love it!

AddictedtoLovely · 19/01/2017 16:14

Love it

Jooni · 19/01/2017 16:12

Love it. Violet Beaudelaire, Violet Parr and yes, Violet Beauregarde. I like the Ronald Dahl connection though - it gives it the same storybook appeal as e.g. Matilda.

YoureMyWifeNowDave · 19/01/2017 11:59

It was one of the names I considered for DD before she was born, I love it as it was my grandma's name and brings back many happy memories. I didn't end up using it though as in the end DD just really suited one of the other names we had in mind.

ChanandlerBongsNeighbour · 19/01/2017 11:54

I love it! Vi for short! Beautiful classic name Smile

LauraMipsum · 19/01/2017 11:38

I love it.

newlabelwriter · 19/01/2017 11:32

I love it, I know a couple and lovely girls.

starkers1 · 19/01/2017 11:25

A lovely name first, then the flower.

GarrulousGrimoire · 19/01/2017 11:17

I'd be jealous as I wanted it for DD3 but MIL can't do Vs so DH blocked it.

I remember Willy Wonka but don't think that's enough to block using it.

SerialReJoiner · 19/01/2017 11:14

Flower. My great grandmother. Tis dd's middle name and we both love it. :)

Barefootcontessa84 · 19/01/2017 11:11

Violent for me too

Allthebestnamesareused · 19/01/2017 11:09

I will show my age then.

I think of Violet Elizabeth ( a very precocious young Bonnie Langford) in Just William saying "I shall scweam and scweam until I am sick!"

What do you think of when you hear the name Violet?
CoffeeChocolateWine · 19/01/2017 11:09

I'm a bit undecided. I know 2 little Violets and they are lovely and the name suits them. It makes me think of the flower rather than the colour. But I can't shake the feeling that it's too close to the word violent.

Moresaltedcaramel · 19/01/2017 11:08

Violet Carson (Ena Sharples in coronation street), old ladies and parma violet sweets

proseccoMama · 19/01/2017 11:05

Violent
The colour
The flower and fragrance

Satishouse · 19/01/2017 11:04

I think what a beautiful name it is