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Violet is a given name for girls which comes from the eponymous flower. As with other such names its popularity has varied dramatically over time. Flower names were commonly used from about 1880 through about 1910 in the United States with usage dropping throughout the next 80 years or so; Violet was the 88th most frequent girls’ given name in 1900 dropping below position 1000 by 1960.