Violet or Olive

[flippyfloppy123]

What do you prefer?

Olive. See my user name for evidence of a downtrodden woman come good 🚌 🤓 🎟

Violet! Romantic and striking and reminds me of the intricate bends of the word “violin.” Also, fields of violets spring to mind!

Startling blue eyes or rich coloring should accompany the name Violet IMO 💙🪁💜

Olive is quirky, but not beautiful like Violet.

Olive - love this.

Definitely Violet. (Despite user name!)
And many older people will remember On the Buses Olive - not an attractive or likeable character
Although … Olivia is quite nice?

Violet

Neither for me I'm afraid. An olive is a fruit and Violet sounds and looks like violent.

@ihatesoaps

Neither They're both horrible

Oh dear, that was my reaction too. I think it must be my age.

Violet will always that awful child from Willy Wonkas chocolate factory and Olive will always be Popeye's girlfriend or a long dead maiden aunt. Weird how names come in and out of fashion.

I prefer violet but if your accent means people don’t pronounce the t, don’t do it. I can’t stand that in names.

Good point about the t in Violet, definite glottal stop where I am and it doesn't sound that nice like that.
Olive sounds a bit too sensible glasses

I like both, but slightly prefer Violet.

Olive reminds me of an 🫒

Violet is ok but I dislike the short form Viol

Violet by a long way

Olive! Sounds nice and has a lovely meaning. Violet sounds like Violent or Vile to me.