Violet

[olympia7]

Well it seems Elsie is a very marmite name! People either love it or hate it.
Also considering Violet.
Just wondering what your opinions are on Violet?
Would it sound nice with Noah?

I’m not keen but it’s a lot better than Elsie.

I adore the name Violet but my DP hates it so it couldn’t ever be an option for us. I also love Viola

Love Violet (& would pronounce it vi o let) and it goes really well with Noah

Not what you've asked, but I'd go with Elise instead of Elsie.

Prettier than Elsie.

I do like Violet though and would not be put off by popularity.

Elsie though, its a drippy and limp name. (sorry).

I prefer Elsie.

I love Violet, it was my nans middle name and would use it if I had a girl.

Violet is lovely. Just lovely.

When I was pregnant, I wanted violet for a girl. I love the name.
(fell in love with it through the film coyote ugly, the main girl in that film was called violet).... 🤣
We had a boy though and named him Isaac, and now I'm not sure on violet, think ill go with it for a middle name if we have a girl next!

I think Violet is a beautiful name.

It's OK, but there are an awful lot of little violets now.

How about Vivien instead? (My middle name - not that I'm biased or anything ... )

I love Violet. Would have been my choice if it didn’t sound comedic with our surname. Viola is also lovely.

Totally faddy - it's just been completely revived over the last couple of years with everyone seemingly 'discovering' it at the same time.

You can kind of see why, it's a progression from the Lily/Rose flower name craze as people cast about for that kind of name but more unusual. But, it's not actually that nice. Vi is appalling and conjures up an image of a crusty gran with hair yellowed by fag smoke. It's actually not that easy to say either, and is close to 'violent'.

So no, not for me and I think it will fall straight back out of favour in the next few years, as soon as it doesn't sound 'unique' any more.

It’s actually been on the rise for a long time. It’s just suddenly got super popular.

It was always one of my favourite names but when I came to name my DD over 10 years ago, it was already too popular then.