Viola

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin viola = 'violet' ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

2) Short form of Violetta ^[4]

Related Names

Fjóla	♀
Viol	♀
Viola	♀
Wiola	♀
Viula	♀

See also Lola, Violetta, Vivi, Orvokki

Name Days

Finland

3 June

Finland (Swedish Language)

3 June

Sweden

29 October

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1844 ^[4]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[5]		3534	57207	1	1
Denmark[6]		998	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[7]		151	261	0	0
Finland[8]		n.a.	8207	n.a	1
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[5][6][7][8]:

Sources: ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
3. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
4. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi